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David Keith Wills v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-40234 · judgment November 21, 2018

Certiorari denied · June 24, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 4%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and a Fifth Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether the Court should overrule the dual sovereignty exception to the Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Clause. This question is currently before the Court in Gamble v. United States, No. 17-646 (argued Dec. 6, 2018). Petitioner respectfully requests that this petition be held pending the decision in Gamble.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John D. Cline
Law Office of John D. Cline

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 24 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 17 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
  3. Feb 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
  4. Jan 28 2019
    Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
  5. Dec 26 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)