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Justin Hawkins v. Ohio

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Ohio, No. 2018-1177 · judgment October 16, 2019

Certiorari denied · May 18, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether a report that a car’s color is different from the color listed on the car’s registration— without any additional facts—gives a police officer reasonable suspicion that the car is stolen.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

For respondent
Benjamin Michael Flowers
Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Flowers LLC

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, May 18, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 18 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 22 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
  3. Apr 15 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Ohio to respond filed.
  4. Mar 19 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2020)