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Richard Meyer v. Kentucky

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Kentucky, No. 2018-CA-000135-MR · judgment June 5, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 17, 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

I. DOES THE KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN THIS CASE STAND IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO THIS COURT’S DECISION IN TIMBS V. INDIANA, 139 S.Ct. 682 (2019)? II. DOES THE PRESUMPTION OF FORFEITABILITY FOUND IN KENTUCKY REVISED STATUTES (KRS) 218A VIOLATE THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joshua D. Farley
Farley & Associates, PLLC

For respondent
Jeanne Deborah Anderson
Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 17, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 17 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  3. Mar 09 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2021)