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Kentucky v. Jared McCarthy
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Kentucky, No. 2019-SC-0380-DG · judgment April 29, 2021
Certiorari denied · February 22, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
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
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.