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William Bobbitt v. United States

Paid petition · District of Columbia Court of Appeals, No. 16-CO-798 · judgment August 15, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 26, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for no court below (an original writ).

Question presented

Is Petitioner William Bobbitt’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim procedurally barred where he claims his counsel was inadequate in several separate waysfailing to obtain a Bill of Particulars, not using a peremptory strike against a MPD detective juror, failing to obtain the alleged victims’ medical records, and failing to properly cross-examine witnesses?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Bruce Allen Johnson Jr.
The Law Offices of Bruce A. Johnson, Jr., LLC

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

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, March 26, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 26 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/23/2018.
  3. Mar 02 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 13 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2018)