No. 18-6663

Esau Escobar v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2018-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-instructions murder murder-conviction prior-acts provocation provocation-defense self-defense substantial-evidence
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Latest Conference: 2019-01-11
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Appellate Court erred in rejecting the Petitioner's claim of provocation instruction due to the Petitioner's testimony that he acted out of fear of the victim's prior violent acts

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-01-14
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
2018-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2018)

Attorneys

Esau Escobar
Esau Escobar — Petitioner
Esau Escobar — Petitioner