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Carl Mouton v. Arkansas

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Arkansas, No. CR-17-677 · judgment May 24, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 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

WHETHER APPLICATION OF THE ARKANSAS RAPE SHIELD RULE AND STATUTE TO PREVENT MOUTON FROM PRESENTING EVIDENCE OF A SEXUA L RELATIONSHIP BET W EEN THE ACCUSER AND THE WARD OF AN ANTAGONIST OF MOUTON VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE BY RESTRICTING EV IDENCE OF MOTI V E TO M A K E A FA LSE ACCUSATION.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig

For respondent
Darnisa C. Evans Johnson
Off of Attorney General of AR

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 24 2018
    Motion To Substitute Counsel Of Record For Respondent of State of Arkansas not accepted for filing. (October 18, 2018 -- Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically)
  3. Sep 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  4. Aug 30 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
  5. Aug 17 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 20, 2018)