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Michael Gregory Hubbard v. Alabama

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alabama, No. 1180047 · judgment April 10, 2020


Certiorari denied · February 22, 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

Q u e s ti o n P r e s e n t e d Di d t h e S u p r e m e C o u rt of Al a b a m a d e p ri v e P etiti o n e r of d u e p r o c e s s of l a w, w h e n it affi r m e d hi s c o n vi cti o n b a s e d o n ( a) fi r st -i m p r e s si o n i nt e r p r et ati o n s of c ri mi n al st at ut e s t h at a r e a s o n a bl e p e r s o n w o ul d n ot h a v e k n o w n t o b e t h e l a w, an d ( b) a f a ct u al t h e o r y (t h at P etiti o n e r t o o k c e rt ai n offi ci al a cti o n s i n e x c h a n g e f o r p a y m e nt) t h at t h e p r o s e c ut o r s h a d d e cl a r e d at t ri al t o b e i r r el e v a nt t o t h ei r c a s e ?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Samuel H. Heldman
The Gardner Firm, PC

For respondent
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 03 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Alabama to respond filed.
  4. Jan 13 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2021)