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Edwin Espejo v. Washington

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, No. 36788-6-III · judgment February 2, 2021


Certiorari denied · April 18, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Does the community care exception to the fourth amendment allow police officers to remain in a person’s home when they have determined that there is no longer an imminent threat to the life of others in order to investigate charges of domestic violence when police officers do not have reasonable suspicion that there is a clear and present danger afoot?

  2. Does due process allow for a determination of premeditation when the evidence shows that the defendant has less than two seconds to think and when those two seconds or less of thought are the result of extreme pressure by police officers?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Gary Metro
Metro Law Firm

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
21A322

Proceedings

  1. Apr 18 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  3. Feb 03 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2022)
  4. Jan 13 2022
    Application (21A322) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 3, 2022.
  5. Jan 04 2022
    Application (21A322) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 4, 2022 to February 3, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.