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Floyd Hamilton Byrns, Jr. v. Maryland

Paid petition · Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, No. 341, September Term, 2018 · judgment March 8, 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

Should a person who pled guilty to forgery of a check less than $100.00 in 1987, be punished Post Facto and denied due process for an expungement 32 years later?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
A. Donald C. Discepolo
Discepolo LLC

For respondent
Carrie J. Williams
Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann

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 27 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Maryland to respond filed.
  4. Sep 19 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2019)