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Ramin Khorrami v. Arizona

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, No. 1 CA-CR 20-0088 · judgment July 29, 2021


Certiorari denied · November 7, 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 the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Seth P. Waxman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

For respondent
Linley Sarah Wilson
Office of the Arizona Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 5 conferences

Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage

Linked docket
21A550

Argument & decision

Decided November 7, 2022.

Proceedings

  1. Nov 07 2022
    Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Gorsuch, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
  2. Oct 31 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
  3. Oct 24 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
  4. Oct 11 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
  5. Oct 03 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
  6. Aug 24 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  7. Aug 23 2022
    Reply of petitioner Ramin Khorrami filed. (Distributed)
  8. Aug 10 2022
    Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed.
  9. Jul 11 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
  10. Jul 11 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
  11. Jul 07 2022
    Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed.
  12. Jun 17 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 10, 2022.
  13. Jun 15 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 11, 2022 to August 10, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  14. Jun 08 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 11, 2022)
  15. Mar 25 2022
    Application (21A550) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 8, 2022.
  16. Mar 23 2022
    Application (21A550) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 9, 2022 to June 8, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.