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Sergio Mejia-Duarte v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 18-12196 · judgment July 2, 2019


Certiorari denied · November 4, 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

I. WHETHER A CRUCIAL MANDATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HONDURAS WAS VIOLATED WHEN THE PROSECUTION AT TRIAL PRESENTED EVIDENCE AGAINST THE DEFENDANT OF ACTS WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE THE DATE ALLOWED BY THE LANGUAGE OF THE TREATY. II. WHETHER PETITIONER’S RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR TRIAL WERE VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT ALLOWED THE ADMISSION OF HEARSAY EVIDENCE SUGGESTING THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS INVOLVED IN AN UNRELATED MURDER OF WHICH HE HAD NO PARTICIPATION IN VIOLATION OF FRE 403 AND FRE 404(B).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mauricio Lopez-Aldazabal
Mauricio L. Aldazabal Atty.Law

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 09 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
  3. Oct 03 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
  4. Sep 20 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2019)