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Joshua James Duggar v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 22-2178 · judgment August 7, 2023
Certiorari denied · June 24, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 5%–12%)
Before the decision, about 1.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Question presented
Does the exclusion of relevant evidence of an alternative perpetrator based on a trial court’s conclusion it is too speculative violate a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to present a complete defense?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Justin Keith Gelfand
Marguils Gelfand LLC
For respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar
Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Jun 24 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jun 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
- May 30 2024Reply of petitioner Joshua James Duggar filed.
- May 21 2024Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Apr 18 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 21, 2024.
- Apr 17 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 29, 2024 to May 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 21 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 29, 2024.
- Mar 20 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 29, 2024 to April 29, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 21 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 29, 2024)
- Dec 15 2023Application (23A554) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 25, 2024.
- Dec 12 2023Application (23A554) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2023 to February 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.