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Robert Marcelis v. Pennsylvania

Paid petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Office, No. 2054 EDA 2018 · judgment July 22, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does the sixth amendment require a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt that a criminal defendant has one or more prior convictions before an increased sentence can be imposed on that defendant? -i-

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Richard T. Brown Jr.

For respondent
Nancy Winkelman
District Attorney's Office

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 5, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 05 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 05 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
  3. Jul 29 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
  4. Jun 26 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2020)