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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner, though a petition filed soon after the judgment below counted the other way.

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

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, May 24, 2021 · Certiorari denied

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)