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Jimmy ONeal Spencer v. Alabama
IFP petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, No. CR-2022-1280 · judgment December 20, 2024
Question presented
In a capital case where the pretrial publicity was extensive, gruesome, and negative, including statements by the current Attorney General that the Jimmy Spencer was a “violent offender” and an example of a “badly broken” parole system, and where a significant portion of the jury venire reported a pre-existing belief in Mr. Spencer’s guilt, did the trial court’s refusal to change venue and the lower court's decision holding that “prejudice is not presumed” and that the trial court “did not abuse its discretion” conflict with this Court's decision in Sheppard v. Maxwell holding that “[d]ue process requires that the accused receive a trial by an impartial jury free from outside influences”and the Sixth and Fourteenth amendments?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Angela Leigh Setzer
For respondent
Benjamin David DuPre
Office of the Attorney General
Proceedings
- May 04 2026Petition DENIED.
- Apr 16 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
- Mar 25 2026Brief of State of Alabama in opposition not accepted for filing. (To be Resubmitted - April 09, 2026)
- Mar 25 2026Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed. (Resubmitted - April 10, 2026)
- Feb 04 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 25, 2026.
- Feb 03 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 23, 2026 to March 25, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 16 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 23, 2026)
- Dec 09 2025Application (25A676) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 19, 2026.
- Dec 05 2025Application (25A676) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 18, 2025 to January 19, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.