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Daniel J. H. Bartelt v. Wisconsin

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Wisconsin, No. 2015AP2506-CR · judgment February 20, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether a non-custodial interrogation at a police station becomes custodial once the defendant confesses to a serious crime, because at that point a reasonable person would know that he is not free to leave.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Colleen D. Ball
Wisconsin State Public Defender

For respondent
Misha Tseytlin
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Oct 01 2018
Petition DENIED.
Aug 29 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
Aug 21 2018
Reply of petitioner Daniel J.H. Bartelt filed.
Aug 10 2018
Brief of respondent Wisconsin in opposition filed.
Jul 11 2018
Brief amicus curiae of The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center filed.
Jun 18 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 10, 2018.
Jun 14 2018
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 11, 2018 to August 10, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Jun 11 2018
Response Requested. (Due July 11, 2018)
Jun 05 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
May 30 2018
Waiver of right of respondent Wisconsin to respond filed.
May 17 2018
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 22, 2018)