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Arthur Lawton Clark v. Georgia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Georgia, No. S19A0367 · judgment June 10, 2019


Certiorari denied · February 24, 2020
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

WERE PETITIONER’S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS VIOLATED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA’S OVERLY BROAD APPLICATION OF THE “INTRINSIC EVIDENCE” RULE TO PETITIONER’S CASE? SHOULD THIS COURT RESOLVE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA IN PETITIONER’S CASE AND THE PRECEDENT OF THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS REGARDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE “INTRINSIC EVIDENCE” RULE TO JUSTIFY ADMISSION OF PRIOR BAD ACT EVIDENCE THAT DOES NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY AS 404B EVIDENCE ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT “COMPLETES THE STORY OF THE CRIME”? SHOULD THIS COURT RESOLVE THE SPLIT IN THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL ON THE “INTRINSIC EVIDENCE” RULE AND ADOPT THE PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED BY THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Kennedy McIntyre
McIntyre & Associates

For respondent
Andrew Alan Pinson
Office of the Georgia Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
19A239

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  3. Jan 02 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
  4. Nov 25 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)
  5. Aug 30 2019
    Application (19A239) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until November 28, 2019.
  6. Aug 27 2019
    Application (19A239) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 29, 2019 to November 28, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.