No. 19-8502
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: admissibility criminal-procedure facebook facebook-evidence fair-trial other-crimes-evidence plain-error plain-error-doctrine prior-bad-acts prior-conviction rap-lyrics
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. To determine whether petitioner was denied a fair trial
when the State presented irrelevant evidence that he posted
on Facebook violent rap lyrics before the victim's murder
and that his failure to raise this claim during the trial
should be excused under . the plain error doctine.
2. To determine whether petitioner was denied a fair trial
when the State presented inadmissible other crimes evidence
that petitioner .has been arrested and convicted on a prior occasion.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether petitioner was denied a fair trial
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-22
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2020-04-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 19, 2020)
Attorneys
David Beverly
David Beverly — Petitioner
Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent