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Michael Aaron Strickland v. Oregon

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Oregon, No. A165019 · judgment April 1, 2020

Certiorari denied · March 8, 2021
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

Did the Oregon courts err in holding that there is no Constitutional right of self-defense except for when someone like the judge would have behaved the same way under a purely “objective” “reasonable person” standard, thus excluding all evidence of defendant’s prior experiences, defendant’s state of mind at the time, and defendant’s intent in general?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Edward Barnes
Barnes law

For respondent
Benjamin Noah Gutman
Oregon Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 08 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 17 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
  3. Feb 05 2021
    Waiver of State of Oregon of right to respond not accepted for filing. (February 09, 2021)
  4. Feb 05 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Oregon to respond filed.
  5. Jan 26 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2021)