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Pennington v. West Virginia

Petition for certiorari denied on May 22, 2023

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
22-747	W. Va.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2022

Issue: Whether, when police have an arrest warrant for a person, they can enter a home without probable cause that the person resides there and is present within.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/07/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2023)
02/10/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 13, 2023 to April 3, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
02/13/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 3, 2023.
03/09/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
03/13/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
03/13/2023	Brief amicus curiae of North Dakota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
04/03/2023	Brief of respondent West Virginia in opposition filed.
04/17/2023	Reply of petitioner Tracy Renee Pennington filed. (Distributed)
04/19/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
05/11/2023	Rescheduled.
05/15/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
05/22/2023	Petition DENIED.