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Raiden J. Andrews v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, No. 17-0480 · judgment May 22, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces below and a petition citing three to ten dissents, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether the lower court erred in failing to apply the harmless error standard to the prosecution’s improper arguments.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jacob Edward Meusch
United States Navy Judge Advocate General Corps

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

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 29, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 03 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
  3. Sep 24 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Sep 13 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2018)