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Wysingo Turner v. Christine Brannon-Dortch, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 20-3419 · judgment January 3, 2022


Certiorari denied · May 16, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether a state court’s decision that a criminal defendant can be falsely accused during his state criminal murder trial of “illegally” possessing outside of his home a legal firearm for the purpose of self defense is a reasonable application of clearly established federal law.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Louis Richards
Law Office of Stephen L. Richards

For respondent
Katherine Marie Doersch
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 16 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 20 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
  3. Apr 14 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent People of State of Illinois to respond filed.
  4. Apr 04 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2022)