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Stackhouse v. Colorado

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on April 4, 2016.

Docket No.15-550
Op. BelowColo.

Issue

Whether a criminal defendant"s inadvertent failure to object to courtroom closure is an "intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right" that affirmatively waives his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial, or is instead a forfeiture, which does not wholly foreclose appellate review.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Sep 11, 2015
Application (15A364) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 27, 2015 to November 12, 2015, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Sep 21, 2015
Application (15A364) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 12, 2015.
Oct 26, 2015
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2015)
Nov 2, 2015
Waiver of right of respondent Colorado to respond filed.
Nov 17, 2015
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 4, 2015.
Nov 17, 2015
Brief amicus curiae of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed. (Distributed)
Nov 20, 2015
Response Requested . (Due December 21, 2015)
Dec 9, 2015
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 20, 2016.
Jan 20, 2016
Brief of respondent Colorado in opposition filed.
Feb 2, 2016
Reply of petitioner James Robert Stackhouse filed.
Mar 16, 2016
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 1, 2016.
Apr 4, 2016
Petition DENIED.

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