No. 19-6006October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020
Docket 19-6006October Term 2019 (2019–2020)
Wilkerson v. Alabama
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari submitted to Justice Thomas regarding a criminal judgment from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 18, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 18, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari submitted to Justice Thomas regarding a criminal judgment from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
Question presented
Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require a trial court to allow a defendant to ask prospective jurors whether they would automatically vote for the death penalty if the defendant were convicted of capital murder?
- Case path
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama / Decision released May 18, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
- Methodology