No. 20-5487

Jerome Adams v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-08-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: case-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment procedural-bar res-judicata standing
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the procedural bar of res judicata may serve as the basis for the dismissal of constitutional claims that were previously raised, but with substantially different underlying reasonings.

Whether case law authorities may be applied to any constitutional claims that were not subject of those decisions.

Whether the 15-to-life years to life Firearm enhancement provisions render Illinois' Attempt statute unconstitutional on its Face under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment.

Whether the Illinois Supreme Court's decision in Sharpe overruling the Illinois Supreme Court's constitutional decision in [case name] was badly reasoned and wrongly decided and therefore must be overruled.

Whether petitioner's 15-year Firearm enhancement is unconstitutional as-applied to him under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the procedural bar of res judicata may serve as the basis for the dismissal of constitutional claims that were previously raised, but with substantially different underlying reasonings

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2020-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams — Petitioner