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Joan Yukins, Warden v. Hattie Tanner

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 15-1691 · judgment August 15, 2017

Certiorari denied · March 19, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–13%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a dissent in the court below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision upholding a unanimous jury conviction as resting on sufficient evidence was irrational because the prosecution did not rule out every alternate hypothesis suggested by the defense.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Aaron David Lindstrom
Michigan Department of Attorney General

For respondent
Benjamin Michael Flowers
Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Order
Order list, March 19, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Mar 19 2018
Petition DENIED.
Feb 28 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
Feb 26 2018
Reply of petitioner Joan Yukins filed.
Feb 14 2018
Brief of respondent Hattie Tanner in opposition filed.
Dec 27 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2018 to February 21, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 27 2017
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 21, 2018.
Dec 22 2017
Response Requested. (Due January 22, 2018)
Dec 20 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Dec 12 2017
Waiver of right of respondent Hattie Tanner to respond filed.
Nov 13 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2017)