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Ryan Joe Coddington v. Nevada

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Nevada, No. 71835 · judgment February 26, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 13, 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

Is a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial before a fair and impartial tribunal denied when the tribunal is linked by marriage to the lead prosecutor trying the criminal case? (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeremy J. Nork
Holland & Hart LLP

For respondent
Stephen B. Rye
Lyon County District Attorney's Office

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, November 13, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 13 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
  3. Oct 02 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Nevada to respond filed.
  4. Sep 20 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)