No. 18-7502

Edjuan Payne v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appeals appellate-review civil-rights competency criminal-procedure due-process mental-fitness mental-health right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel sentencing trial-errors
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant's due process rights were violated by the trial court's failure to conduct a competency hearing despite evidence of the defendant's mental unfitness

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2018-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)

Attorneys

Edjuan Payne
Edjuan Payne — Petitioner
Edjuan Payne — Petitioner