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John Allison Huckabay v. Idaho
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Idaho, No. 48109 · judgment February 5, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
Q U E S TI O N S P R E S E N T E D Wit h o ut a n y r e q ui r e m e nt o r p r o of of s ci e nt e r, P etiti o n e r w a s c o n vi ct e d of u nl a wf ul p o s s e s si o n of a m o o s e c a r c a s s o ut of s e a s o n, a f el o n y u n d e r I d a h o l a w. Y et t h e st at e n e v e r s h o w e d t h at h e k n ew t h at t h e a ni m al, w hi c h h e h a d n ot kill e d, h a d b e e n s ot o ut of s e a s o n o r t h at t h e p e r s o n c oll e cti n g t h e c a r c a s s l a c k e d a t a g a ut h o ri zi n g p o s s e s si o n . T h u s t h e st at e f ail e d t o s h o w t h at h e k n e w h e u nl a wf ull y p o s s e s s e d t h e c a r c a s s . H e r ai s e d a n d e xt e n si v el y b ri ef e d a 1 4t h A m e n d m e nt d u e p r o c e s s c h all e n g e t o t h e l a c k of a r e q ui r e m e nt a n d p r o of of s ci e nt e r b ef o r e t h e I d a h o S u p r e m e C o u rt, b ut t h at c o u rt r ef u s e d t o r ul e o n t h e i s s u e b y lit e r all y i g n o ri n g fi v e p a g e s of hi s b ri ef a n d cl ai mi n g t h e i s s u e w a s n ot s uffi ci e ntl y r ai s e d. T hi s w h oll y i n a d e q u at e g r o u n d f o r r ef u si n g t o r e a c h a c o n stit uti o n al i s s u e i s it s elf a d u e p r o c e s s vi ol ati o n u n d e r t h e 1 4t h A m e n d m e nt. T h e q u e sti o n s p r e s e nt e d b y t hi s p etiti o n a r e:
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W h et h e r t h e 1 4t h A m e n d m e nt’ s D u e P r o c e s s Cl a u s e r e q ui r e s a s ci e nt e r el e m e nt f o r f el o ni e s t h at a r e n ot p u bli c w elf a r e off e n s e s a n d c a r r y s e ri o u s p e n alti e s , a s at l e a st t h r e e f e d e r al ci r c uit s a n d m a n y st at e s u p r e m e c o u rt s h a v e r e c o g ni z e d , o r w h et h e r r e q ui ri n g t h e i n cl u si o n of s ci e nt e r i s m e r el y a r ul e of c o n st r u cti o n, a s t h r e e f e d e r al ci r c uit c o u rt s a n d o n e st at e s u p r e m e c o u rt h a v e h el d ?
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W h et h e r a c ri mi n al d ef e n d a nt is u n c o n stit uti o n all y d e ni e d t h e o p p o rt u nit y t o b e h e a r d u n d e r t h e 1 4t h A m e n d m e nt’ s D u e P r o c e s s Cl a u s e w h e n a c o u rt r ef u s e s t o r e a c h a n a r g u m e nt h e h a s e xt e n si v el y b ri ef e d b e c a u s e t h e c o u rt e r r o n e o u sl y c o n cl u d e s h e h a s n ot f ai rl y r ai s e d t h e a r g u m e nt?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gene Clayton Schaerr
Schaerr | Jaffe
For respondent
Kale Dylan Gans
Office of the Attorney General for the State of Idaho
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Aug 18 2021Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 18 2021Brief amici curiae of Buckeye Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Clause 40 Foundation, Reason Foundation, Faith & Freedom Coalition, and the Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
- Jul 28 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 22 2021Waiver of right of respondent State of Idaho to respond filed.
- Jul 06 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 18, 2021)