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Ethan Johnson Spruill v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 20-6009 · judgment October 1, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 1, 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

Is the admission at trial, over objection, of Petitioner’s statement error that lies beyond any possible fairminded disagreement when: (1) the Petitioner was in custody; (2) the Petitioner requested counsel; (3) the Petitioner requested counsel repeatedly; (4) in spite of Petitioner’s repeated requests for counsel, no counsel was provided; (5) the Petitioner was never, at any point, given Miranda warnings; (6) the Petitioner was interrogated by law enforcement without the benefit of Miranda warnings; (7) the Petitioner was interrogated by law enforcement without the benefit of counsel, when the state court ruling that is contrary to, or involving an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal Law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mack Kelly Martin
Martin Law Office

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
  3. Mar 26 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2021)