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Michigan v. David Allan Lucynski

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Michigan, No. 165806 · judgment July 26, 2024


Certiorari denied · February 24, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–9%)

Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

  1. Do all unreasonable mistakes of law by the police constitute deliberate, reckless, or grossly negligent conduct requiring suppression of probative evidence?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ann Maurine Sherman
Michigan Department of Attorney General

For respondent
Bernard A. Jocuns
Jocuns Law Firm

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 07 2025
    Reply of petitioner Michigan filed. (Distributed)
  3. Jan 22 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
  4. Jan 08 2025
    Brief of respondent David Allan Lucynski in opposition filed.
  5. Dec 09 2024
    Response Requested. (Due January 8, 2025)
  6. Dec 04 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
  7. Nov 22 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent David Allan Lucynski to respond filed.
  8. Oct 24 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2024)