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Delano Marco Medina v. Colorado

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Colorado, No. 21SC765 · judgment September 11, 2023


Certiorari denied · April 15, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 8% cert probability (95% interval 5%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether it is consistent with due process for a court to convict a criminal defendant without finding that the defendant is guilty.

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 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
  3. Mar 21 2024
    Reply of petitioner Delano M. Medina filed.
  4. Mar 14 2024
    Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
  5. Jan 26 2024
    Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
  6. Jan 18 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 14, 2024.
  7. Jan 17 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 29, 2024 to March 14, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Dec 28 2023
    Response Requested. (Due January 29, 2024)
  9. Dec 20 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  10. Dec 14 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
  11. Dec 06 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2024)