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Anthony Penton v. A. Malfi, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-56201 · judgment April 16, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 6, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Questions presented

  1. Whether evidence covered by Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and withheld by prosecutors is considered suppressed under the Fifth Amendment regardless of whether the defendant already knew or should have known of the substance of the evidence.

  2. Whether the Sixth Amendment permits judges to enhance a prison sentence based on the nature of a defendant’s prior convictions that were not found by the jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Harrison J. Frahn IV
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

For respondent
Christopher P. Beesley
Office of the Atty. Gen. of the State of CA

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Dec 06 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 17 2021
    Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
  3. Nov 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
  4. Nov 10 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent A. Malfi, Warden to respond filed.
  5. Nov 03 2021
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Anthony Penton
  6. Oct 25 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2021)