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~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Jan 25 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, |
| 2001) |
Mar 7 2001 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 23, 2001 |
Mar 16 2001 | Response requested. |
Apr 4 2001 | Brief of respondent LeReed Shelton in opposition filed. |
Apr 17 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 10, 2001 |
May 14 2001 | Petition GRANTED. |
| SET FOR ARGUMENT February 19, 2002. |
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Jun 25 2001 | Order extending time to file petitioner's brief on the merits to |
| and including July 19, 2001. |
Jul 19 2001 | Joint appendix filed. |
Jul 19 2001 | Brief of petitioner Alabama filed. |
Jul 19 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. |
Aug 14 2001 | CIRCULATED. |
Aug 17 2001 | Brief of respondent LeReed Shelton filed. |
Aug 24 2001 | Record filed. |
Aug 29 2001 | Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument |
| as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. |
Sep 17 2001 | Letter from counsel for the respondent received and distributed. |
Sep 19 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Alabama filed. |
Sep 24 2001 | Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument |
| as amicui curiae and for divided argument DISTRIBUTED. |
Oct 1 2001 | Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument |
| as amici curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
Oct 11 2001 | Motion of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for |
| leave to file a brief as amicus curiae filed. |
Oct 18 2001 | This case is removed from the November 2001 Argument Calendar. |
| Charles Fried, Esquire, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is invited to |
| file a brief, and to argue, as amicus curiae, in opposition to the |
| judgment below and in support of the following position: where |
| counsel is not afforded to an indigent defendant, the Constitition |
| of the United States does not bar the imposition of a suspended or |
| probationary sentence upon conviction of a misdemeanor, even |
| though the defendant might be incarcerated in the event probation |
| is revoked. The brief as amicus curiae is to filed with the Clerk |
| and served upon the parties on or before 3 p.m., Monday, December |
| 10, 2001. Any response by the parties may be filed with the Clerk |
| and served upon opposing parties and amicus curiae on or before 3 |
| p.m., Friday, January 11, 2002. Rule 29.2 is suspnded in this |
| case. Ten minutes of petitioner's time are allotted to Mr. Fried |
| for oral argument. |
Oct 29 2001 | Motion of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for |
| leave to file a brief as amicus curiae GRANTED. |
Nov 1 2001 | Motion of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for |
| leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for |
| divided argument filed. |
Dec 7 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Charles Fried by invitation of the Court filed. |
Dec 14 2001 | Motion of petitioner for additional time for oral argument filed. |
Jan 7 2002 | Reply brief of respondent to brief of amicus curiae Charles Fried |
| filed. |
Jan 10 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Alabama to brief of amicus curiae Charles |
| Fried filed. |
Jan 10 2002 | Reply brief of Natl. Assn. of Criminal Def. Lawyers to brief amicus |
| curiae filed. |
Jan 22 2002 | Motion of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for |
| leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for |
| divided argument GRANTED. to be divided as follows: 20 minutes for |
| respondent and 10 minutes for amicus curiae. |
Jan 22 2002 | Motion of petitioner for additional time for oral argument DENIED. |
| The order of October 1, 2001, granting the motion of Texas, et |
| al., for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and |
| for divided argument is rescinded. |
Feb 19 2002 | ARGUED. |
May 20 2002 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion of |
| the Court, in which Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, and Breyer, JJ., |
| joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which |
| Rehnquist, C.J., and Kennedy and Thomas, JJ., joined. |
Jun 19 2002 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
Sep 16 2002 | Record returned to the Court of Crimnal Appeals Alabama. |
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