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Muhammad Saeed v. Arizona
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division Two, No. 2 CA-CR 2025-0161 · judgment December 31, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment permits a defendant to seek habeas relief postjudgment but presentence pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2241 if the defendant can demonstrate a colorable claim that collateral estoppel principles of the Double Jeopardy Clause were violated during the defendant’s trial.
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Whether a judgment of conviction need not be entered, nor a sentence pronounced, where the conviction is void or voidable due to a violation of collateral estoppel principles of the Double Jeopardy Clause.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michelle Lynn Behan
The Behan Law Group
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Aug 05 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 16, 2026)