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Michael Shock v. Arkansas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arkansas, No. CR-19-532 · judgment March 11, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 11, 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

Are significant discovery and Brady violations by the prosecuting attorney, necessitating the grant of a mistrial, sufficient to invoke the double jeopardy protections against “goading” as set forth in Oregon v. Kennedy?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Marx Rosenzweig

For respondent
Michael Anthony Cantrell
Office of the Arkansas 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, January 11, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Dec 17 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Arkansas to respond filed.
  4. Nov 12 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 17, 2020)