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Kentucky v. Jared McCarthy
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kentucky, No. 2019-SC-0380-DG · judgment April 29, 2021
Before the decision, about 3.3× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.
Questions presented
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Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the admission of a defendant’s refusal of a blood test in an impaired-driving prosecution.
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Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits a mandatory minimum sentence based on a defendant’s refusal of a blood test in an impaired-driving prosecution.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Matthew Franklin Kuhn
Office of the Kentucky Attorney General
For respondent
Erin Hoffman Yang
Department of Public Advocacy
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
21A142
Order
Order list, February 22, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 22 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 26 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
- Jan 26 2022Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Colorado, et al. (Distributed)
- Jan 24 2022Waiver of Jared McCarthy of right to respond not accepted for filing. (January 24, 2022)
- Jan 24 2022Waiver of right of respondent Jared McCarthy to respond filed.
- Dec 22 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 26, 2022)
- Nov 10 2021Application (21A142) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 22, 2021.
- Nov 08 2021Application (21A142) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 24, 2021 to December 22, 2021, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.