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Marjana Hoti v. City of Warren, Michigan

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Michigan, No. 163102 · judgment September 8, 2021

Certiorari denied · October 3, 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. On 12/11/2017 the City of Warren attorney Caitlin Murphy and the sitting juror Susan Palombo had prior secret conversations before the jury trial started in our case “City of Warren vs Hoti” as the court transcript shows. The question presented for review is: Is it an external influence-on the jury when the prosecutor and one of the sitting jurors had prior , secret contacts before the trial starts? 2. On 12/13/2017 I was convicted by the jury on the charge of the “Disturbing of the Peace”. The city of Warren ordinance of the disturbing of the peace states the following. “No person shall make, aid, give countenance to or assist in making any improper noise, disturbance, breach of the peace, or diversion tending to a breach of the peace, in any place within the city.” The question presented for review is: Is it “No person shall make, aid, give countenance to or assist in making any improper noise” even if nobody was disturbed is it a crime?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Marjana Hoti

For respondent
Caitlin Murphy
Warren City Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences

Linked docket
21M132

Proceedings

  1. Nov 21 2022
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 02 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
  3. Oct 22 2022
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
    Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  4. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Jun 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  6. Jun 27 2022
    Motion Granted.
  7. Jun 07 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
  8. Jun 01 2022
    Response to motion from petitioner Marjana Hoti filed.
  9. May 26 2022
    Motion of respondent for leave to file the petition for a writ of certiorari with a supplemental appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
  10. May 26 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent City of Warren to respond filed.
    Main Document
  11. Feb 25 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 6, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service