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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
Before the decision, about 2.4× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and an Eighth Circuit decision below.
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
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
23A554
Order
Order list, June 24, 2024 · Certiorari denied
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.