Hatten v. Quarterman

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• reflecting that the claims in the subsequent federal habeas proceeding were that “Hatten [the defendant] complains that Hollins's [the juror’s] bias is reflected by the facts that: (a) Hollins lied on his juror questionnaire and during his questioning regarding his drug use; (b
• “Actual bias exists when the juror failed to answer a material question honestly on voir dire, and a correct response would have provided a valid basis for a challenge for cause.”
• “There is also a narrow class of relationships described by Justice O’Connor’s concurrence in Smith v. Phillips, and recognized by this court on several occasions, for which a juror can be presumed biased.”
• juror does not commit misconduct by failing to answer that he had a \ problem\ with drugs when \problem\ is ambiguous enough that it could refer, not to addiction, but to an \ allergy or an aversion \

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