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William Allen Davis v. Colorado
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Colorado, No. 18CA0641 · judgment June 22, 2023
Certiorari denied · October 15, 2024
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
Whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees the defendant the same right to continued representation by that counsel as is enjoyed by defendants affluent enough to retain counsel.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
For respondent
Shannon Wells Stevenson
Colorado Department of Law
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 15 2024Petition DENIED.
- Oct 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
- Oct 07 2024Electronic record received from the Court of Appeals of Colorado.
- Oct 02 2024Record Requested.
- Jul 24 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Jul 17 2024Reply of petitioner William Allen Davis filed.
- Jul 08 2024Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
- May 23 2024Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
- Apr 26 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 8, 2024.
- Apr 24 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 23, 2024 to July 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 23 2024Response Requested. (Due May 23, 2024)
- Apr 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
- Apr 15 2024Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
- Apr 05 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 9, 2024)