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Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
Stipulation to dismiss the writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 received.
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 30, 2015
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Brief of petitioner George Toca filed.
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis GRANTED. Petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following questions: 1) Does the rule announced in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U. S. ____ (2012), apply retroactively to this case 2) Is a federal question raised by a claim that a state collateral review court erroneously failed to find a Teague exception .
Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The record is electronic.
Record Requested.
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2014)
George Toca, Petitioner, represented by Emily Maw
George Toca, Petitioner, represented by Bryan A. Stevenson
Louisiana, Respondent, represented by Scott G. Vincent
Louisiana, Respondent, represented by John J. Bursch