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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

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 14 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Aug 09 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent State of South Carolina to respond filed.
  4. Aug 06 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 9, 2024)