No. 20-6206
IFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing solem-v-helm state-courts supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
Immigration
Immigration
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. IS Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983) binding Case Law?
2. Must Illinois Appellant Courts be required to Follow the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), when analyzing a Sentence under the Illinois Constitution's proportionate penalties clause?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Illinois Appellant Courts must be required to follow the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), when analyzing a sentence under the Eighth Amendment's Proportionate Penalties clause
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2020)
Attorneys
Travis Johnson
Travis Johnson — Petitioner