Juror honesty during selection
Andre Dewayne Williamson v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Andre Dewayne Williamson asked whether, under the Sixth Amendment, a juror’s deliberate hiding of information that should have disqualified the juror can be overcome based only on the juror’s own after-trial assurances of fairness.
- Who it affects
- The denial ended Williamson’s request for Supreme Court review, but the Court did not resolve the legal question he raised.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Supreme Court refused to hear Williamson’s case (denied his petition for review), so it did not decide that question.
The dispute concerned a Sixth Amendment question about a juror’s deliberate concealment of information that might have disqualified the juror.
Question presented
Whether a juror’s deliberate concealment of material, disqualifying information during voir dire can be cured under the Sixth Amendment solely by the juror’s own subjective, post-trial assurances of impartiality.
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