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Thomas Charles Felton Jones v. South Carolina
Paid petition · Supreme Court of South Carolina, No. 28203 · judgment May 8, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
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
Whether a county ordinance that criminalizes any verbal act that resists, hinders, impedes, or interferes with a law enforcement officer is facially invalid be cause it is substantially overbroad and violates the First Amendment?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andre Ta Nguyen
13th Circuit Public Defender
For respondent
Mark Reynolds Farthing
S.C. Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Aug 14 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Aug 09 2024Waiver of right of respondent State of South Carolina to respond filed.
- Aug 06 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 9, 2024)