No. 23-6390
Jose Guadalupe Ramirez v. Illinois
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: adolescent-brain-development due-process expert-assistance indigent-defendant mandatory-life-sentence right-to-present-defense sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess
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
Jose Guadalupe Ramirez
Douglas Robert Hoff — Office of the State Appellate Defender , Petitioner