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Astati Halim, et al. v. California

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B271770 · judgment August 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 16, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a federal law enforcement officer on the prosecution team breaches a plea agreement and violates due process when he encourages state authorities to commence a state prosecution because he is personally dissatisfied with the plea bargain reached by federal prosecutors.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Benjamin Lee Coleman
Benjamin L. Coleman Law PC

For respondent
Rama Ronald Maline
State of CA-Dept. of Justice, Office of AG

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 16, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  3. Mar 06 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
  4. Feb 27 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)