| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~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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