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Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania

Paid petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Office, No. 236 EDA 2017 · judgment December 27, 2017

Certiorari denied · November 19, 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 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court’s improper exclusion of voluntary manslaughter due to imperfect self-defense in its jury instructions.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 19 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 31 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/16/2018.
  3. Sep 11 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2018)