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Phil Lamont Trent v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 16-3960 · judgment July 13, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 21, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the exclusion of testimony on the specific length of the mandatory minimum sentence faced by a cooperating witness violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to cross-examination.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Whitfield Hughes
McDermott Will & Emery

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
17A352

Proceedings

  1. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 14 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  3. May 09 2018
    Rescheduled.
  4. Apr 24 2018
    Rescheduled.
  5. Apr 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
  6. Apr 11 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
  7. Apr 10 2018
    Reply of petitioner Phil Lamont Trent filed.
  8. Mar 22 2018
    Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
  9. Feb 12 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 22, 2018.
  10. Feb 09 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 9, 2018 to March 22, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  11. Jan 04 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 9, 2018.
  12. Jan 03 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 10, 2018 to February 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  13. Dec 08 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 10, 2018)
  14. Sep 29 2017
    Application (17A352) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 8, 2017.
  15. Sep 28 2017
    Application (17A352) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 11, 2017 to December 8, 2017, submitted to Justice Kagan.