| No. 12-207 | |
| Title: | Maryland, Petitioner v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr. |
| Docketed: | August 16, 2012 |
| Linked with 12A48 | |
| Lower Ct: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |
| Case Numbers: | (68, September Term, 2011) |
| Decision Date: | April 24, 2012 |
| Rehearing Denied: | May 18, 2012 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jul 13 2012 | 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. |
| Jul 18 2012 | 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. |
| Jul 20 2012 | Response to application from respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. filed. |
| Jul 23 2012 | Reply of applicant Maryland filed. |
| Jul 26 2012 | Letter submitted by respondent |
| Jul 30 2012 | Application (12A48) granted by The Chief Justice. (In Chambers Opinion) |
| Aug 14 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2012) |
| Sep 04 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Sep 11 2012 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 17, 2012. |
| Sep 12 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Steve Cooley, District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles filed. |
| Sep 17 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of DNA Saves filed. |
| Sep 17 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Maryland Legislators filed. |
| Sep 17 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed. |
| Oct 12 2012 | Brief of respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. in opposition filed. |
| Oct 24 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2012. |
| Oct 24 2012 | Reply of petitioner Maryland filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 09 2012 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 21 2012 | Record Received from the Maryland Court of Appeals. 2 volumes. |
| Nov 27 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Dec 04 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Dec 18 2012 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 26, 2013 |
| Dec 26 2012 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Dec 26 2012 | Brief of petitioner Maryland filed. |
| Dec 28 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Genetics, Genomics and Forensic Science Researchers in support of neither party filed. |
| Dec 28 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Governors Association, et al. filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Los Angeles County District Attorney on behalf of Los Angeles County filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amici curiae of DNA Saves, et al. filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Susana Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amici curiae of California, et al. filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault filed. |
| Jan 02 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 09 2013 | Additional record received from the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Part of this record is electronic. |
| Jan 10 2013 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 25 2013 | Brief of respondent Alonzo Jay King, Jr. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 29 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Feb 01 2013 | brief amicus curiae of Veterans for Common Sense filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center and twenty-six technical experts and legal scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Genetic Scientists Robert Nussbaum and Sara H. Katsanis filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Council for Responsible Genetics filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 01 2013 | Brief amici curiae of 14 Scholars of Forensic Evidence filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 15 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Feb 19 2013 | Reply of petitioner Maryland filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 26 2013 | 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. |
| Jun 03 2013 | 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. |
| Jul 05 2013 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jul 05 2013 | Record returned to Court of Appeals of Maryland. |
| Jul 05 2013 | Record returned to Circuit Court fo Wicomico County. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Brian S. Kleinbord Counsel of Record | Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 200 St. Paul Place, 17th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 bkleinbord@oag.state.md.us | (410) 576-6435 |
| Party name: Maryland | ||
| Katherine Winfree | Chief Deputy Attorney General 200 Saint Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 kwinfree@oag.state.md.us | (410) 576-6300 |
| Party name: Maryland | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 kshanmugam@wc.com | (202) 434-5000 |
| Party name: Alonzo Jay King, Jr. | ||
| Stephen B. Mercer | Chief Attorney, Forensics Division Office of the Public Defender 6 Saint Paul St. Suite 1400 Baltimore, MD 21202 smercer@opd.state.md.us | (410) 767-5541 |
| Party name: Alonzo Jay King, Jr. | ||
| Other | ||
| Lisa S. Blatt | Arnold & Porter LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 lisa.blatt@aporter.com | (202) 942-5000 |
| Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | ||
| Jeffrey S. Bucholtz | King & Spalding LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 jbucholtz@kslaw.com | (202) 626-0500 |
| Party name: Susana Martinez, Governor of the State of New Mexico | ||
| Enid A. Camps | 455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102 Enid.Camps@doj.ca.gov | (415)-703-5976 |
| Party name: California, et al. | ||
| Michael R. Dreeben | Deputy Solicitor General Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530 michael.r.dreeben@usdoj.gov | (202) 514-2201 |
| Party name: Maryland v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr. | ||
| Michael L. Foreman | Pennsylvania State University, Civil Rights Appellate Clinic 329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118 University Park, PA 16803 mlf25@psu.edu | (814) 865-3832 |
| Party name: Genetics, Genomics and Forensic Science Researchers in support of neither party | ||
| Aderson B. Francois | Supervising Attorney Civil Rights Clinic Howard University School of Law 2900 Van Ness Street NW Washington, DC 20008 afrancois@law.howard.edu | (202) 806-8065 |
| Party name: Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic | ||
| Jonathan S. Franklin | Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Suite 1000 799 9th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 jonathan.franklin@nortonrosefulbright.com | (202) 662-0466 |
| Party name: DNA Saves | ||
| Matthew S. Hellman | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Ave., N.W, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 mhellman@jenner.com | (202) 639-6861 |
| Party name: Council for Responsible Genetics | ||
| William M. Jay | Goodwin Procter LLP 901 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 wjay@goodwinlaw.com | (202) 346-4000 |
| Party name: National Association of Federal Defenders | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | (202) 637-5600 |
| Party name: Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., et al. | ||
| Prashant Kumar Khetan | Troutman Sanders LLP 401 9th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 prashant.khetan@troutmansanders.com | (202) 274-2950 |
| Party name: National Governors Association, et al. | ||
| Karen J. Kruger | Funk & Bolton, P.A. Twelfth Floor, 36 South Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21222 kkruger@fblaw.com | (410) 659-7700 |
| Party name: Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Inc., et al. | ||
| Sandra K. Levick | Public Defender Service for District of Columbia 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 slevick@pdsdc.org | (202) 628-1200 |
| Party name: Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia | ||
| Albert C. Locher | National District Attorneys Assn. 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 110 Alexandria, VA 22314 lochera@sacda.org | (703) 549-9222 |
| Party name: National District Attorneys Association | ||
| Jennifer Lynch | Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 jlynch@eff.org | (415)-436-9333 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation | ||
| Eric D. Miller | Perkins Coie, LLP 1201 Third Ave., Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101 emiller@perkinscoie.com | (206) 359-8000 |
| Party name: Veterans for Common Sense | ||
| Erin Elizabeth Murphy | NYU School of Law 40 Washington Sqyare South New York, NY 10012 erin.murphy@nyu.edu | (212) 998-6672 |
| Party name: 14 Scholars of Forensic Evidence | ||
| Theodore B. Olson | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036-5306 tolson@gibsondunn.com | (202) 955-8500 |
| Party name: Global Alliance for Rapid DNA Testing | ||
| Michael T. Risher | 39 Drumm St. San Fransico, CA 94111 mrisher@aclunc.org | (415)-293-6373 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Marc Rotenberg | Electronic Privacy Information Center 1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 rotenberg@epic.org | (202) 483-1140 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center and twenty-six technical experts and legal scholars | ||
| William C. Sammons | Tydings & Rosenberg LLP 100 East Pratt Street 26th Floor Baltimore, MD 21202 wsammons@tydingslaw.com | (410) 752-9700 |
| Party name: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault | ||
| Roberta T. Schwartz | Deputy District Attorney LA County DA's Office 320 W. Temple Street, Suite 540 Los Angeles, CA 90012 | (213) 974-1616 |
| Party name: Los Angeles County District Attorney on behalf of Los Angeles County | ||
| Clifford M. Sloan | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1440 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 cliff.sloan@skadden.com | (202) 371-7000 |
| Party name: Maryland Legislators | ||
| Danielle Spinelli | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com | (202) 663-6000 |
| Party name: Genetic scientists Robert Nussbaum and Sara H. Katsanis | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | (202) 514-2217 |
| Party name: the United States | ||