No. 18-8625

Jennifer N. Nere v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-03-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation constitutional-rights contributing-cause controlled-substances criminal-law drug-induced-homicide due-process illinois-supreme-court precedent reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant may be convicted under the Minois drug induced homicide Statute when the use of the controlled substance was a coe. 'contributing cause' of death?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the defendant may be convicted under the Minois drug induced homicide Statute when the use of the controlled substance was a coe. “contributing cause” of death? More specifically, is the Illinois Supreme . uo Court correct that Illinois does not have to follow Burrage v. United States, __US___, 134 S. Ct__. 881 (2014) and can constitutionally apply its own “contributing cause” standard to the Illinois Drug induced Homicide Statute : because (in part): the Illinois Supreme Court’s “contributing cause” analysis is Superior to this Court's “but for” analysis and Justice Scalia merely “mused” for 1108 words on the issue of “contributing cause” and his “musing” on behalf of this court has no precedential value in interpreting reasonable ‘ doubt and due process as it applies to an essentially identical State Statute? ii , _

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2018-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Jennifer Nere
Jennifer Nere — Petitioner
Jennifer Nere — Petitioner