No. 22-5465

LaRoyce McFadden v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-protections due-process interrogation-rights involuntary-confession juvenile-justice juvenile-suspect police-interrogation police-procedure right-to-counsel self-incrimination
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a murder conviction based on a 17-year-old boy's statements made to police after he was held incommunicado for over 24 hours, the police ignored his request to stop the interrogation, the police did not provide counsel when he asked for an attorney, and the police explicitly denied his requests to contact his mother to obtain counsel violates the boy's right to due process and against self-incrimination?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a murder conviction based on a 17-year-old boy's statements made to police after he was held incommunicado for over 24 hours, the police ignored his request to stop the interrogation, the police did not provide counsel when he asked for an attorney, and the police explicitly denied his requests to contact his mother to obtain counsel violates the boy's right to due process and against self-incrimination?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2022-08-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2022)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
LaRoyce McFadden
Ellen Jenkins CurryOffice of the State Appellate Defender, Petitioner