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Brian Russell Turner v. Mississippi

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2019-KA-01724-SCT · judgment June 17, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and counsel with five or more prior petitions here, and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether the Supreme Court of Mississippi Erred in Denying Petitioner’s Claim that the Prosecution Withheld Exculpatory Evidence Pursuant to Brady v. Maryland and Arizona v. Youngblood.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

For respondent
Ashley Lauren Sulser
Office of the Mississippi 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, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Aug 30 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent The State of Mississippi to respond filed.
  4. Aug 23 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2021)