No. 21-7613

James Edward Williams v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-04-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence hearsay hearsay-evidence jury-instructions prior-bad-acts propensity
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

The state appellate court's decision was wrong
Can the jury be instructed to consider
Criminal 3.14 IPI instructions Saying
that the jury can consider hearsay evidnc
as propensity evidence to commit murder despite
a prior judge ruling on hearsay and prior bad-acts
under 725 ILCS 5/15-7.4 (2018) and 125 ILCS 5/151o.aa(2o18) an unconstitutional denialof due process
under 1st, 5th, 14th Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the jury can be instructed to consider hearsay evidence and propensity evidence to commit murder despite prior rulings on hearsay and prior bad-acts under 725 ILCS 5/115-7.4 (2015) and 725 ILCS 5/115-20 under the 1st, 5th, and 14th Amendments

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-18
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2021-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2022)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
James Edward Williams
James Edward Williams — Petitioner