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John A. Clifford v. New York

Paid petition · Appellate Term of the Supreme Court of New York, 9th & 10th Jud. Dist., No. 2019-154 N CR · judgment October 29, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

are: (1) Does the 2nd Amendment apply here; (2) Does the granting of immunity in a federal civil case prohibit cross examination of a complaining witness about the admitted underlying bad act; (3) was deliberately failing to send the jury back to deliberate a violation of due process: (4) Was the appellate court's failure to rule a violation of due process?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John A. Clifford
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Michael K. Degree
Nassau County District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 04 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Aug 04 2021
    Waiver of John Clifford of right to respond not accepted for filing. (August 06, 2021)
  4. Aug 03 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
  5. Jul 21 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2021)