No. 21-5278

Kevin T. Heard v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-testimony fair-trial sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant's Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment due process rights were violated when his attorney was 'not functioning as counsel' during the entire proceeding, lied to the defendant and the court about an independent DNA expert, and the prosecution suppressed and failed to turn over material DNA evidence

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-25
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2021-07-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Kevin T. Heard
Kevin T. Heard — Petitioner