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Donnie Rudd v. Illinois

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-18-2037 · judgment September 3, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether the Court’s decision in Rothgery v. Gillespie eliminates attachment of an individual’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel prior to his appearance in court, even where there has been significant prosecutorial involvement in the filing of a criminal complaint and issuance of an arrest warrant against that individual.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Timothy Michael Grace
Grace & Thompson

For respondent
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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, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 25 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2021)
    PetitionProof of Service