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Robert Angel Perez v. Colorado

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Colorado, No. 16CA1180 · judgment June 13, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 19, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether, and to what extent, the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee a criminal defendant the right to discover potentially exculpatory mental health records held by a private party, notwithstanding a state privilege law to the contrary.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kendall Kelly Alexis Turner
O'Melveny & Myers

For respondent
L. Andrew Cooper
Office of the Colorado 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

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Order
Order list, October 19, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  3. Sep 25 2020
    Reply of petitioner Robert A. Perez filed. (Distributed)
  4. Sep 11 2020
    Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
  5. Jul 13 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
  6. Jul 13 2020
    Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
  7. Jul 02 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 11, 2020.
  8. Jul 01 2020
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 13, 2020 to September 11, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Jun 29 2020
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Robert A. Perez
  10. Jun 04 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 13, 2020)