No. 23-6390

Jose Guadalupe Ramirez v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2023-12-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: adolescent-brain-development due-process expert-assistance indigent-defendant mandatory-life-sentence right-to-present-defense sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a trial court deprive an indigent defendant of due process and the right to present a defense by failing to appoint an adolescent brain development expert for sentencing, where the indigent defendant is unable to otherwise challenge the imposition of a mandatory life sentence without expert assistance.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a trial court deprive an indigent defendant of due-process, right-to-present-defense by failing to appoint an adolescent-brain-development expert for sentencing where the indigent defendant is unable to otherwise challenge the imposition of a mandatory life sentence without expert assistance

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2023-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 29, 2024)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Jose Guadalupe Ramirez
Douglas Robert HoffOffice of the State Appellate Defender , Petitioner