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Quintin Antonio Bell v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 16-4343 · judgment August 28, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Fourth Circuit decision below.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the court of appeals correctly applied a subjective, officer-focused test to determine whether a suspect was interrogated for purposes of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

  2. Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an actual state-court prosecution illustrating the state crime’s overbreadth.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paresh S. Patel
Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A1068

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 24 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Jul 17 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Jul 03 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 5, 2019)
  5. Apr 23 2019
    Application (18A1068) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 7, 2019.
  6. Apr 17 2019
    Application (18A1068) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 8, 2019 to July 7, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.