No. 22-7369

Sydney Tyrone Mays v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2023-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance prior-statement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-integrity witness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities
Latest Conference: 2023-06-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a witness stating that he does not remember 2his two thirds of nis prror staterrent without ever establishing Proper foundatien to specfic subject matter?

If a witness states he does not remember his entire intervien, coes that render his testmony icnsistert with the statements he made prevouesly ? And does that inability to recall his entire interview keep the state fram having to ask the witness admi ing those Statements?

Can a defendent sentenced under 70ILcs 5/5-8-1(a)i)e) be subject to more thana single term of life in prison? indiny no authorty governing this issve

If the state introduce evidence to estabtsh "Motive in the abstract "ie vidence that someone may have had a motive to kill the deleased,Is hat evioince considered prejud.cal to the defendent, once it is ebtablished

In a krarkel hearing if it proven that trial cainsel failed to investigate vitnesses and fuiled to t noroughly material Deensrseag Through of fact (udge to appont counsel for the next stage of a kranker hearing?

plpbuarbete If there is a prior statement From that wrtness stating

If counsed failed to object to a hearsay statement solicited boy prosecution from a detective. about what a wtness stated ina prior statement as to luhat she felt like the vibe was before She left the the seen of the crime That she "feltwe wus waiting for her to leawe so

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a witness's prior inconsistent statement preclude the witness from testifying about the subject matter?

Docket Entries

2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-04-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 25, 2023)

Attorneys

Sydney Mays
Sydney Tyrone Mays — Petitioner