Just talked to dad re: above. He said: Amicus was another step forward. Denying the writ of cert was no big deal, just meant they were chosing the time to deal with it. It can be brought up WHENever THEY are ready to deal with it.
The motion of Western Center for Journalism for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Just talked to dad re: above. He said: Amicus was another step forward. Denying the writ of cert was no big deal, just meant they were chosing the time to deal with it. It can be brought up WHENever THEY are ready to deal with it.
[Thanks, hoosiermama.]
Sorry, but that information is wrong. This case has run its course and is, for all intents and purposes, dead.
Kercher’s attorneys can move for reconsideration on the very long shot - longer than getting cert in the first place - that they can present some aspect they believe was not properly treated by the court in denying cert, and that the Justices might find that aspect of such significance as to switch votes, and gather the four necessary for the granting of cert.
The granting of the Amicus basically just means that the points raised in that brief were considered along with the Questions Presented and argument made by Kercher’s attorneys in the Petition itself.
It’s disappointing, but that’s the way it is.