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Rolland G. Shoup, II v. Indiana

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Indiana, No. 23A-IF-1350 · judgment June 28, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 2, 2025
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

Does a state deprive a defendant of their Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law when it admits adverse evidence not on the basis of a proper foundation, but simply on the arresting officer’s say-so.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Jay Bruzzese
Smid Law, LLC

For respondent
James Allen Barta
Office of the Indiana Attorney General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, June 2, 2025 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 02 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 13 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
  3. May 05 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
  4. Apr 22 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2025)