No. 22-7141

Donald McDonald v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2023-03-29
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 8th-amendment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act life-sentence non-violent-felony proportionate-penalties proportionate-penalties-clause sentencing solem-v-helm
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment Securities
Latest Conference: 2023-05-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the decision of the first District Appellate court of Illinois denying Petitioner's proportionate penalty clausd claim conflicts with the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Solem v. Helm , 436 U.S. 277, 103 S.Cf. 3001 (1983), in violation of the 8th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution; where Petitioner was sentenced to natural life under the Illinois Habitual Criminal Act for a violation of a non-violent felony.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the decision of the First District Appellate court of Illinois denying Petitioner's proportionate penalty clause claim conflicts with the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Solem v. Helm, 436 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001 (1983), in violation of the 8th and 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Docket Entries

2023-05-22
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied, and the petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed. See Rule 39.8.
2023-05-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-04-26
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2023-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 28, 2023)

Attorneys

Donald McDonald
Donald Lee McDonald — Petitioner
Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent