Extra-legal jury influences, voir dire: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Extra-legal jury influences, voir dire,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

12decisions

58%favorable to the petitioner

33%unanimous

0altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1970s2

1980s3

1990s1

2000s4

2010s1

2020s1

Most majority opinions

Ruth Bader Ginsburg2

William H. Rehnquist2

Legal provisions most often involved

Sixth Amendment (other provisions)3

Fourteenth Amendment (due process)3

Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)1

Federal Rules of Evidence1

Sixth Amendment (right to trial by jury)1

Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)1

All 12 decisions, newest first

Pitchford v. Cain
146 S. Ct. 1345Decided May 28, 20265–4Brett M. Kavanaugh
Warger v. Shauers
574 U.S. 40Decided December 9, 20149–0Sonia Sotomayor
Mary Berghuis v. Diapolis Smith
559 U.S. 314Decided March 30, 20109–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Rick Thaler v. Anthony Cardell Haynes
559 U.S. 1088Decided February 22, 20109–0Per curiam
Eric Presley v. Georgia
558 U.S. 209Decided January 19, 20107–2Per curiam
Michael Rivera v. Illinois
556 U.S. 148Decided March 31, 20099–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Virginia
500 U.S. 415Decided May 30, 19915–4William H. Rehnquist
Holland v. Illinois
493 U.S. 474Decided January 22, 19905–4Antonin Scalia
Turner v. Murray
476 U.S. 28Decided April 30, 19867–2Byron R. White
Rosales-Lopez v. United States
451 U.S. 182Decided April 21, 19816–3Byron R. White
Ristaino v. Ross
424 U.S. 589Decided March 3, 19766–2Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Ham v. South Carolina
409 U.S. 524Decided January 17, 19737–2William H. Rehnquist

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error