No. 21-7427

William Gregory Snow v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-03-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence-rule excited-utterance hearsay hearsay-exception impeachment prior-consistent-statements witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-04-14
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois' ruling unconstitutionally expanded
the scope of the excited utterance exception to hearsay as codified in Illinois Rules of
Evidence 803(2) when the multiple hearsay statements admitted at trial were made to the
same person at different times and under different circumstances and when the statements
did not meet the threshold requirement of spontaneity to qualify as excited utterances.

Whether petitioner was denied the constitutional right to due process under the law when
the State repeatedly used multiple hearsay evidence as prior consistent statements to bolster
the testimony of the uncorroborated and heavily impeached witness.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois' ruling unconstitutionally expanded the scope of the excited utterance exception to hearsay as codified in Illinois Rules of Evidence 803(2)

Docket Entries

2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-23
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2022-03-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
William Gregory Snow
William Gregory Snow — Petitioner