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Craig Muller v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-1395 · judgment July 31, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 16, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Was the Evidence Insufficient to Find that Petitioner Craig Muller Had Anything to Do with the Death of Gilbert Hendricks, Jr.? Must Verdicts be Unanimous When Tested by the Jury Poll? Did the District Court Err in Refusing to Give a Voluntary Manslaughter Jury Instruction? Does Justice Require that Petitioner be Granted a New Trial?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Craig Muller

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 16 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 21 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/13/2018.
  3. Mar 16 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Dec 04 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 9, 2018)