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James Dennis v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 200465 · judgment March 1, 2021

Certiorari denied · May 24, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

A. Does any Court have the authority to extinguish a defendant’s due process rights via the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment by allowing the prosecutor to proffer false evidence? B. Does a Virginia Court have the authority to violate the Confrontation Clause of the Constitution by allowing any hearsay testimony? C. Can a Virginia Court subject a defendant to cruel and unusual punishment based on an erroneous proffer by the prosecution? D. Does a Virginia Court have the authority to extinguish a defendant’s post commitment First Amendment Rights? 1 PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Gardner Dennis

For respondent
Toby Jay Heytens
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 24 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 04 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
  3. Apr 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
  4. Apr 02 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 6, 2021)