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Miguel Alcantar v. Illinois

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-16-2771 · judgment October 29, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
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 Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment guarantees to a criminal defendant the right to issue subpoenas duces tecum to private, third parties for the pretrial production of relevant documentary evidence?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Louis Richards
Law Office of Stephen L. Richards

For respondent
Michael Marc Glick

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A1116

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 26 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jun 18 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent People of the State of Illinois to respond filed.
  4. May 31 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 18, 2019)
  5. Apr 30 2019
    Application (18A1116) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until May 31, 2019.
  6. Apr 22 2019
    Application (18A1116) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.