Decided

No. 12-207

Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr.

from the Court of Appeals of Maryland

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Docket Entries

Record returned to Circuit Court fo Wicomico County.

MANDATE ISSUED.

Record returned to Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Judgment REVERSED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Katherine Winfree, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Baltimore, Md.; and Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner Maryland filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia filed. (Distributed)

brief amicus curiae of Veterans for Common Sense filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Genetic Scientists Robert Nussbaum and Sara H. Katsanis filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 14 Scholars of Forensic Evidence filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Council for Responsible Genetics filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center and twenty-six technical experts and legal scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Additional record received from the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Part of this record is electronic.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County District Attorney on behalf of Los Angeles County filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing filed.

Brief amici curiae of DNA Saves, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Susana Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico filed.

Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Genetics, Genomics and Forensic Science Researchers in support of neither party filed.

Brief of petitioner Maryland filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.

Record Received from the Maryland Court of Appeals. 2 volumes.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2012.

Reply of petitioner Maryland filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of DNA Saves filed.

Brief amici curiae of Maryland Legislators filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Steve Cooley, District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 17, 2012.

Brief amici curiae of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2012)

Application (12A48) granted by The Chief Justice. (In Chambers Opinion)

Letter submitted by respondent

Reply of applicant Maryland filed.

Response to application from respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. filed.

UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicant, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment and mandate of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, case No. 68, is hereby stayed pending receipt of a response, due on or before Wednesday, July 25, 2012, by 4 p.m., and further order of the undersigned or of the Court.

Application (12A48) for a stay of the judgment and mandate pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Maryland, Petitioner, represented by Brian S. Kleinbord

Maryland, Petitioner, represented by Katherine Winfree

Alonzo Jay King, Jr., Respondent, represented by Kannon K. Shanmugam

Amici Curiae

14 Scholars of Forensic Evidence, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erin Elizabeth Murphy

American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael T. Risher

California, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Enid A. Camps

Council for Responsible Genetics, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew S. Hellman

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer Lynch

Electronic Privacy Information Center and twenty-six technical experts and legal scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc Rotenberg

Genetic scientists Robert Nussbaum and Sara H. Katsanis, Amicus Curiae, represented by Danielle Spinelli

Genetics, Genomics and Forensic Science Researchers in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael L. Foreman

Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing, Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore B. Olson

Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aderson B. Francois

Los Angeles County District Attorney on behalf of Los Angeles County, Amicus Curiae, represented by Roberta T. Schwartz

Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Amicus Curiae, represented by William C. Sammons

Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal

Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael R. Dreeben

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa S. Blatt

National Association of Federal Defenders, Amicus Curiae, represented by William M. Jay

National Governors Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Prashant Kumar Khetan

Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sandra K. Levick

Susana Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey S. Bucholtz

the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Veterans for Common Sense, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric D. Miller

 
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