No. 19-8078

Brandon L. Banks v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-03-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-safeguards counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-05-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Was Petitioner denied Due Process of law for trial by an impartial jury and for equal protection of the law when the Appellate Court applied an unreasonable standard of reasonableness in violation of petitioner's rights guaranteed by the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?

Was Petitioner denied Due Process of law, a factor having an impact on trial by an impartial jury all for equal protection of the Laws when the trial court's counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness in violation of petitioner's right to Counsel as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment to the Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law, a fair trial by an impartial jury and for Equal protection of the law in opposition to his right under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law for trial by an impartial jury, and for equal protection of the law when relevant factor of a defendant's eligibility in impeaching of a defendant's from prior conviction was erroneously admitted in violation of petitioner's 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment rights?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law, Equal Protection of law, and for a fair trial by an impartial jury when deliberate elicited impeaching statements was erroneously admitted in violation of petitioner's 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment rights?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law, fair trial by an impartial jury, and for equal protection of the law when trial court applied a standard against the petitioner in opposition to the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law, fair trial by an impartial jury, and for equal protection of law when petitioner's sentence and verdict were based on findings by the trial court delivered to the jury in opposition to constitutional safeguards established by the 5th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law, a fair trial by an impartial jury and for Equal Protection of the law when potential jurors was improperly applied by the trial court for the more the court erroneously refused to excuse jurors from Cause upon Voir Dire in opposition to petitioner's rights guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of laws, worker Jury impeachment jury and for Equal Protection of the law when the trial court's error as to counsel's petitioner's chance in violation of petitioner's right to counsel as guaranteed by the 6th and 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law a fair trial by an impartial jury, and for Equal Protection of the law of prosecutorial misconduct imposed or injustice, including but not limited to wrong, Marv ance and other matters supplied by the trial court's evidence or an active charge in violation of petitioner's rights guaranteed by the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

Was petitioner denied Due Process of law, a fair trial by an impartial jury and for equal protection of the law by the combined effect of individually and cumulatively constitutional safeguards defense errors and he was not able to receive worth have been held Due Process in combined cumulative effect to the 5th, 6th and 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner was denied due process of law, a fair trial by an impartial jury, and equal protection of the laws

Docket Entries

2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Brandon Banks
Brandon L. Banks — Petitioner