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Dwayne Lamar Williams, Sr. v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 180984 · judgment January 16, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 21, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

A. Does the right to a grand jury indictment conferred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution apply to state indictments via the Fourteenth Amendment? B. Does a defective grand jury indictment in a state court criminal case deprive the state court of jurisdiction in such a case? i PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dale Reese Jensen
Dale Jensen, PLC

For respondent
Toby Jay Heytens
Office of the 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 21, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
  3. Sep 24 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
  4. Jun 18 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2019)