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Karen Read v. Superior Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk County, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 25-1257 · judgment March 27, 2025
Before the decision, about 4.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a First Circuit decision below, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition).
Questions presented
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Whether a final and unanimous, but unannounced, decision by a jury following trial that the prosecution failed to prove a defendant guilty of a charged offense constitutes an acquittal precluding retrial under the Double Jeopardy Clause.
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Whether a defendant who produces credible evidence of such a final, unanimous, and unannounced acquittal is entitled to a post-trial hearing to substantiate the fact of such acquittal.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Martin G. Weinberg
Martin G. Weinberg, P.C.
For respondent
Thomas Edward Bocian
Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
Proceedings
- Apr 28 2025Petition DENIED.
- Apr 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
- Apr 09 2025Application (24A955) denied by Justice Jackson.
- Apr 04 2025Waiver of right of respondent Norfolk County Superior Court to respond filed.
- Apr 01 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 5, 2025)
- Apr 01 2025Application (24A955) for a stay, submitted to Justice Jackson.