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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
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
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
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, May 16, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- May 16 2022Petition DENIED.
- Apr 20 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
- Apr 14 2022Waiver of right of respondent People of State of Illinois to respond filed.
- Apr 04 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2022)