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Max Julian Wright v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 16-3292 · judgment August 8, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 21, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).

Question presented

I. Whether the Sixth Amendment right to confrontation is violated where the trial court prevents a defendant from cross-examining a government witness regarding the mandatory life sentence he would have faced absent cooperation in order to prevent the jury from inferring the defendant’s likely life sentence.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Beau B. Brindley
The Law Offices of Beau B. Brindley

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
17A510

Proceedings

May 21 2018
Petition DENIED.
May 14 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
Apr 18 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
Apr 18 2018
Reply of petitioner Max Julian Wright filed. (Distributed)
Mar 29 2018
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Feb 23 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 30, 2018.
Feb 22 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 28, 2018 to March 30, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Nov 13 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, 2018)
Nov 08 2017
Application (17A510) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 13, 2017.
Nov 06 2017
Application (17A510) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 6, 2017 to November 13, 2017, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.