United States Sixth Circuit

In capital cases, the trial court need not include "life-qualifying" questions during individual juror voir dire, so long as defense counsel can ask life-qualifying questions during general voir dire.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2001
• Decided 09/20/2001
• Published 09/20/2001

Judges

• Before BOGGS, SILER, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Vincent Aprile, II (argued and briefed), Department Of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Kentucky, Stefanie M. McArdle (briefed), Bowling Green, Kentucky, for Petitioner-Appellant., Kevin Stanford, Eddyville, KY, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth A. Myerscough, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Civil Div., Frankfort, Kentucky, David A. Smith (argued and briefed), Asst. Atty. General, Ian G. Sonego, Asst. Atty. Gen. (briefed), Criminal Appellate Div., Frankfort, Kentucky, for Respondent-Appellee.