| 25-6642 |
Jimmy ONeal Spencer v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2026-01-22 |
Pending |
IFP |
due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-selection pretrial-publicity sixth-amendment venue-change |
In a capital case where the pretrial publicity was extensive, gruesome, and negative, including statements by the current Attorney General that the Ji… |
| 22-6821 |
James Mammone v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-02-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
change-of-venue fair-trial habeas-corpus prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity rideau-v-louisiana sixth-amendment |
In determining whether to presume prejudice under Rideau and Skilling, are courts permitted to consider (1) the defendant's role in creating the pretr… |
| 21-6147 |
Joshua Komisarjevsky v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
2021-11-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-prejudice actual-prejudice-analysis emotional-nature-of-case guilty-verdict jury-selection presumed-prejudice-analysis presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity venue-change voir-dire |
1. What consideration, if any, must courts give the following factors in their presumption-of-prejudice analysis: (a) a verdict finding the defendant … |
| 19-5122 |
David Alan Westerfield v. California |
California |
2019-07-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-trial de-novo-review due-process due-process-review fourth-amendment independent-review jury-sequestration polygraph-evidence pretrial-publicity probable-cause sheppard-v-maxwell standard-of-review |
Does the mandate announced in Sheppard v. Maxwell apply to the appellate assessment of the trial court's rejection of jury sequestration? |
| 18-8319 |
Jason Ray Flick v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion change-of-venue fair-trial fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity sixth-amendment |
Was petitioner denied a fair trial due to the trial court's abuse of discretion? |