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Sampson v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on December 5, 2016
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
16-235 1st Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 16

Issue: Whether, for purposes of the collateral estoppel component of the Double Jeopardy Clause, the ordinary requirement for collateral estoppel that the prior determination was necessary to the ultimate outcome—which is intended to ensure that a determination received careful attention, and to deny preclusive effect where the outcome deprived a party of the opportunity for appellate review it otherwise would have had—applies to a jury's special findings in a capital case that the prosecution failed to prove certain alleged aggravating factors.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Aug 18 2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 22, 2016)
Aug 19 2016Application (16A180) for a stay pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Aug 25 2016Application (16A180) denied by Justice Breyer.
Sep 15 2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 24, 2016.
Oct 17 2016Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 31, 2016.
Oct 31 2016Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
Oct 31 2016Application (16A441) for a stay pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Breyer.
Nov 1 2016Application (16A441) denied by Justice Breyer.
Nov 15 2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016.
Nov 15 2016Reply of petitioner Gary Sampson filed. (Distributed)
Dec 5 2016Petition DENIED.