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Anthony Blue v. New York

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of New York, No. 73 · judgment October 22, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 12% cert probability (95% interval 8%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.

Question presented

Whether a valid waiver of the constitutional right to counsel at trial requires that the defendant understood, at the time of the waiver, the “range of allowable punishments” that may be imposed upon him following a conviction.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Vincent Gregory Levy
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP

For respondent
Steven Chiajon Wu
New York County District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jun 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 20 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
  3. May 14 2025
    Reply of petitioner Anthony Blue filed.
  4. May 05 2025
    Brief of respondent New York in opposition filed.
  5. Mar 26 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 5, 2025.
  6. Mar 24 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 3, 2025 to May 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Mar 04 2025
    Response Requested. (Due April 3, 2025)
  8. Feb 26 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/21/2025.
  9. Feb 19 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
  10. Jan 17 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)