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James Edwin Hoganson v. Colorado

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Colorado, No. 19CA1247 · judgment November 3, 2022


Certiorari denied · October 10, 2023
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

Where a maximum prison term may be doubled upon a finding of “extraordinary … aggravating circumstances,” does the Sixth Amendment require the existence of such circumstances to be submitted to the jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 10 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 13 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
  3. Jul 27 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2023)