No. 19-7633
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment intent-element jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption-of-intent reasonable-doubt
Latest Conference:
2020-03-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. In an action in which the sole claim is whether,in a case in which
intent is an element of the crime convicted of,the jury instruction,
"the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of
his voluntary acts," violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement
that the State prove every element of a criminal offense beyond a
reasonable doubt?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the jury instruction that 'the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts' violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement that the State prove every element of a criminal offense beyond a reasonable doubt
Docket Entries
2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2020-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2020)
Attorneys
Anthony Allen
Anthony Allen — Petitioner
Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent