Cintron v. Massachusetts
Petition for certiorari denied on November 30, 2015
| Docket No. |
Op. Below | Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
| 15-9 |
Mass. |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
OT 2015 |
Issue: Whether a defendant asserting a structural error in connection with the denial of his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial – where the defendant and his counsel were concededly unaware that the courtroom had been closed during the entirety of jury selection – must show that he was prejudiced by the courtroom closure on a collateral challenge to his conviction, or, whether prejudice is presumed because the harm from the structural error is “necessarily unquantifiable and indeterminate.”
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Jun 26 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2015) |
| Jul 7 2015 | Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed. |
| Jul 22 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Aug 17 2015 | Response Requested . (Due September 16, 2015) |
| Aug 24 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 16, 2015. |
| Oct 16 2015 | Brief of respondent Massachusetts in opposition filed. |
| Oct 27 2015 | Reply of petitioner Joshua Cintron filed. |
| Nov 4 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 24, 2015. |
| Nov 30 2015 | Petition DENIED. |
