United States Sixth Circuit

Trial court unreasonably denied petitioner's for-cause juror challenges where two jurors had continuous contact with the victim's family and declined to set aside these relationships, one juror could not ignore news reports, and the last juror would not require prosecutor to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2000
• Published 11/17/2000

Judges

• Before:  MARTIN, Chief Judge;  WELLFORD and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Gormley (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, for Respondent-Appellant., Hyrum J. Mackay (argued and briefed), Public Defender's Office, Ohio Public Defender Commission, Columbus, Ohio, for Petitioner-Appellee.