No. 18-5347

Marquis D. Costic v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2018-07-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: confrontation-clause constitutional-rights credibility cross-examination fifth-amendment jailhouse-informant jury-instructions prosecution-witness prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment witness-disclosure
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was my Sixth Amendment U.S. Constitutional Right, under the Confrontation Clause violated when the prosecution kept interrupting during cross-examination of the prosecution key witness, not allowing the defense to properly conduct a cross-examination of their key witness, whom was a jailhouse informant who was entitled broad latitude to prove credibility and to have the issues submitted to the jury with careful instructions?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2017-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 24, 2018)

Attorneys

Marquis D. Costic
Marquis D. Costic — Petitioner
Marquis D. Costic — Petitioner