No. 22-6547

Kashai Jones v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2023-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process illinois-supreme-court judicial-discretion jury-instructions jury-selection legal-principles plain-error trial-court wainwright-v-witt
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Illinois Supreme Court Rule 451 requires the West court and accepts' certain principles which are at the heart of certain oral accepts' certain principles (West 2020) Cafe Soly, 2012). As petitioner ici that the court commits when the Called to make sure each juror understood the principles in People v. Zetw 408 TIL. 2a 472 AG 9

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Illinois Supreme Court's rule requiring trial courts to ensure that each juror understands the principles of People v. Zehr, 103 Ill. 2d 472 (1984), is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Wainwright v. Witt, 469 U.S. 412 (1985)

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-24
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2022-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2023)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Kashai Jones
Kashai Jones — Petitioner