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Chad Bennett v. Washington
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, No. 35297-8-III · judgment June 25, 2020
Certiorari denied · June 7, 2021
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
In a state with mandatory sentencing guidelines, where a judge may not sentence a defendant above the guidelines range unless the jury finds an aggravating factor beyond a reasonable doubt, may defendants challenge those aggravating factors as vague in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lila J. Silverstein
Washington Appellate Project
For respondent
Garth Louis Dano
Grant County Prosecutor
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jun 07 2021Petition DENIED.
- May 18 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
- May 17 2021Reply of petitioner Chad Bennett filed. (Distributed)
- May 04 2021Brief of respondent Washington in opposition filed.
- Mar 19 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 5, 2021.
- Mar 18 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 5, 2021 to May 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 05 2021Response Requested. (Due April 5, 2021)
- Mar 03 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
- Feb 09 2021Waiver of right of respondent State of Washington to respond filed.
- Jan 29 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 8, 2021)