No. 18-9484

Paris Taylor v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-05-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment state-constitution trial-court
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, and its cognate provisions by the State of Illinois Constitution, where the trial court found him not guilty of being armed with a handgun beyond a reasonable doubt; acquitted Petitioner of all charges that asserted he was armed with a dangerous or deadly weapon during the alleged crimes of Commission, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, and Aggravated Kidnapping), but arbitrarily found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, and Aggravated Kidnapping.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, and its cognate provisions by the State of Illinois constitution

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-04-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Paris Taylor
Paris Taylor — Petitioner