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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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

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)