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Micah James Patterson v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 201186 · judgment May 19, 2021

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

A. Does any court have the authority to amend the United States Constitution by fiat and extinguish a defendant’s Fifth Amendment rights? i PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dale Reese Jensen
Dale Jensen, PLC

For respondent
Andrew Nathan Ferguson
Virginia Office of the 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, February 22, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 26 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
  3. Jan 18 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Oct 13 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)
    PetitionAppendix