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Trevor Wallace v. Tennessee

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Division, No. M2017-01511-CCA-R3-CD · judgment May 17, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 14, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

May a state appellate court revive a case that was dismissed with prejudice after a jury was sworn merely because the appellate court disagrees with the trial court’s announced dismissal with prejudice and comply with the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as interpreted by Lee v. U.S., 432 U.S. 23, 30 (1977)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Gregory D. Smith
Law Office of Gregory D. Smith

For respondent
Leslie E. Price
Tennessee Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 14 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 26 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
  3. Dec 17 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
  4. Dec 06 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2019)