No. 18-8298

Jermaine Brazill v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: age-of-offender cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process due-process-rights eighth-amendment independent-inquiry juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mental-health rehabilitation rehabilitative-potential young-age
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial judge violated the Petitioner's due process rights by failing to conduct an independent inquiry into the Petitioner's fitness, and whether the imposition of a life sentence on a 17-year-old with depression and rehabilitative potential constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-07
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2019-02-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Jermaine Brazill
Jermaine Brazill — Petitioner
Jermaine Brazill — Petitioner