Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process and a fair trial

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED | oO Whether the Petitioner was denied his constitutional rights to due process. and a fairtrial , when the trial court made multiple comments that reflected that it conflated the standards F for self-defense and second degree murder in Illinois, resulting in the court imposing a: 4 greater burden of proof on the Petitioner for second degree murder, by injecting the elements of self-defense into its verdict. | Whether the Illinois Appellate Court and Illinois Supreme Court have allowed a clear i miscarriage of justice to persist by failing to correct the legal standards entangled between q self-defense and second-degree murder with petitioners appeal. i