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MU'MIN v. VIRGINIA

No. 90-5193.

500 U.S. 415 (1991)

111 S.Ct. 1899

114 L.Ed.2d 493

MU'MIN v. VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Blume, by appointment of the Court, 498 U.S. 936, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Mark E. Olive.

John H. McLees, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General, H. Lane Kneedler, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Stephen D. Rosenthal, Deputy Attorney General, Jerry P. Slonaker, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Thomas C. Daniel, Assistant Attorney General.*

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Dawud Majid Mu'Min was convicted of murdering a woman in Prince William County, Virginia, while out of prison on work detail, and was sentenced to death. The case engendered substantial publicity, and 8 of the 12 venirepersons eventually sworn as jurors answered on voir dire that they had read or heard something about the case. None of those who had read or heard something indicated that...

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