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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: 1% 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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

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)