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Nelson Daniel Centeno v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, No. AC-2021-0086 · judgment September 9, 2021

Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

Does this Court’s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. ___, 140 S.Ct. 1390 (2020) bar Puerto Rico from continuing to authorize non-unanimous acquittals?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rachel Brill

For respondent
Omar Jose Andino Figueroa
Puerto Rico Department of Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
21A485

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 15 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Apr 28 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  4. Mar 10 2022
    Application (21A485) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until May 2, 2022.
  5. Mar 03 2022
    Application (21A485) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 10, 2022 to May 2, 2022, submitted to Justice Breyer.
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