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YARBOROUGH, WARDEN v. ALVARADO, MICHAEL (39814)

    Order dated: 09/30/03
    Docket number: 02-1684
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

YARBOROUGH, WARDEN v. ALVARADO, MICHAEL (39814)

    Order dated: 12/01/03
    Docket number: 02-1684
    Action:
        The motion of respondent for appointment of counsel is granted. Tara K. Allen, Esquire, of Malibu, California, is appointed to serve as counsel for the respondent in this case.

YARBOROUGH, WARDEN v. ALVARADO, MICHAEL (39814)

    Order dated: 01/26/04
    Docket number: 02-1684
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

YARBOROUGH, WARDEN v. ALVARADO, MICHAEL (39814)

    Order dated: 03/22/04
    Docket number: 02-1684
    Action:
        The motion of respondent for leave to file a supplemental brief after argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

(1) Whether, in applying the objective test for a "custody" determination under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), a court must consider the age and experience of a person if he or she is a juvenile? (2) Whether a state court adjudication can be deemed an "objectively unreasonable" application of clearly established Supreme Court precedent, for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. ยง 2254(d), because it declines to "extend" the rule of a Supreme Court precedent to a new context.

An opinion has been handed down: