Asia Carl Soapes v. Montana

Whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury is violated when a supervising law-enforcement officer from the agency that investigated the defendant serves as a juror in the same criminal trial..

Whether trial counsel renders ineffective assistance under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), by failing to challenge or seek removal of a juror who supervised the investigation underlying the prosecution.

Whether a defendant’s Fourteenth Amendment right to a fair trial is violated when widely separated allegations are joined for trial in a manner that invites propensity reasoning and substantial prejudice.