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Charles W. Washington v. Louisiana

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit, No. KW-23-00411 · judgment June 28, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether the mandates announced in Sgro v. United States, 287 U.S. 206, (1932) were violated when the trial judge granted a search warrant despite there being a seventy-eight (78) day time delay from the latest drug activity that supported the basis for probable cause and the application for the search warrant and the affidavit lacking any factual allegations to support the presence of drugs for any extended period of time?

  2. Whether the mandates announced in Sgro v. United States, 287 U.S. 206 (1932) were violated when the trial judge allowed the investigating officer to supplement the probable cause application with oral testimony?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Malcolm Xerxes Larvadain
Law Office of Malcolm X. Larvadain, Inc.

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Apr 09 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2024)