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Tamara Cotman and Angela Williamson v. Georgia

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Georgia, No. A17A1050, A17A1051 · judgment August 11, 2017

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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether it is a Violation of the Sixth Amendment for a jury in a criminal case to return a nonunanimous verdict.

  2. Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment bars retrial of a defendant who was previously acquitted of the same substantive offense.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Benjamin A. Davis

For respondent
Andrew Alan Pinson
Office of the Georgia Attorney General

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. Jul 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 19 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Georgia to respond filed.
  4. Jul 13 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 16, 2018)