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Tracy Smith v. Georgia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Georgia, No. S22A0271 · judgment May 17, 2022

Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether it is a violation of the Sixth Amendment for trial counsel to fail to object to a jury instruction that sanctioned a non-unanimous verdict.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Benjamin A. Davis

For respondent
Stephen John Petrany
Georgia Department of Law

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 24 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Aug 17 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Aug 11 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service