Chism v. California

Petition for certiorari denied on October 20, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
14-5442	Cal.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2014

Issue: Whether, when the California Supreme Court conducts comparative review on appeal from the denial of a motion brought pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, its practice of seeking out reasons other than those stated by the prosecutor as a basis for affirming the trial court's ruling contravenes this Court's holdings in Miller-El v. Dretke, and other decisions.

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/24/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2014)
08/27/2014	Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
09/11/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
09/18/2014	Record Requested .
09/23/2014	Record received from the Supreme Court of California (3 boxes).
09/25/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2014.
10/14/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 17, 2014.
10/20/2014	Petition DENIED.
11/18/2014	The record has been returned to Supreme Court of California.