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Isaiah James Coleman v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 161402 · judgment August 16, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 23, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

A. Did the Virginia Supreme Court err by holding that the right to a grand jury indictment conferred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not apply to state indictments via the Fourteenth Amendment? B. Did Petitioner’s defective grand jury indictments in his Virginia state court criminal case deprive the Virginia state court of jurisdiction? i PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dale Reese Jensen
Dale Jensen, PLC

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 23, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 23 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 04 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.
  3. Feb 20 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 22, 2018)