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Joseph Louis Paduano v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 200405 · judgment November 17, 2020

Certiorari denied · March 29, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

A. Should Hurtado v. California be overruled? B. Does the right to a grand jury indictment conferred by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution apply to state indictments via the Fourteenth Amendment? C. Does a defective grand jury indictment in a state court criminal case deprive the state court of jurisdiction in such a case? i PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dale Reese Jensen
Dale Jensen, PLC

For respondent
Toby Jay Heytens
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, March 29, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Mar 29 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 10 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
  3. Mar 04 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Virginia to respond filed.
  4. Feb 09 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 19, 2021)