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Ronald N. Cooke v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 160650 · judgment August 23, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 8, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

A. Does the right to a grand jury indictment conferred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution apply to state indictments via the Fourteenth Amendment? B. Does a defective grand jury indictment in a state court criminal case deprive the state court of jurisdiction in such a case? i PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dale Reese Jensen
Dale Jensen, PLC

For respondent
Matthew Robert McGuire
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Mar 19 2018
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Feb 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018.
  3. Feb 02 2018
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Jan 08 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Dec 20 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
  6. Dec 04 2017
    Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Virginia to respond filed.
  7. Nov 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2018)