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Robert James Rainey v. Colorado
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Colorado, No. 17CA1133 · judgment December 7, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before and a circuit split argued in the petition, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether, once counsel has been appointed for an indigent defendant, the Sixth Amendment guarantees the defendant the same right to continued representation by that counsel as is enjoyed by defendants affluent enough to retain counsel. The same question is presented in Davis v. Colorado, No. 23-1096, pet. for cert. filed Apr. 5, 2024.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
For respondent
Jillian Joy Price
Colorado Attorney General's Office
Proceedings
- Nov 12 2024Petition DENIED.
- Oct 23 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2024.
- Oct 18 2024Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
- Oct 02 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2024)
- Jul 18 2024Application (24A63) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until October 8, 2024.
- Jul 15 2024Application (24A63) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 8, 2024 to November 7, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.