No. 18-7515

Jafaria Deforrest Newton v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-penalty due-process equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment presumption religious-worship statutory-presumption
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the presumption in § 407(b)(2) —that structures with traditional characteristics associated with churches or synagogues are places used primarily for religious worship —comports with the requirements of the Due Process Clause as to the State's burden of proof.

Whether the State's standard of proof—that structures with traditional characteristics associated with churches or synagogues are irrefutably presumed to be places used primarily for religious worship —provides greater criminal protections for traditional Judeo-Christian places of worship, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presumption in § 407(b)(2) comports with the Due Process Clause as to the State's burden of proof

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-28
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2019-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Jafaria D. Newton
Ellen Jenkins CurryOffice of the State Appellate Defender, Petitioner