No. 20-1512

Gregory C. Dacanay v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-04-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury impartiality jury-selection law-enforcement sixth-amendment structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether law enforcement officers can be fair and impartial jury members in a criminal trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether law enforcement officers, despite their answers to voir dire questions, can . be fair and impartial jury members in a criminal trial in order to satisfy the requirements of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution regarding a defendant’s right to a fair trial by an impartial jury and in order to avoid structural error in the trial. 1

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-11
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2021-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2021)

Attorneys

Gregory Dacanay
Salvatore Charles MigloreSalvatore C. Miglore & Assoc., Petitioner
Salvatore Charles MigloreSalvatore C. Miglore & Assoc., Petitioner
Illinois
Lisa Anne HoffmanDuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent
Lisa Anne HoffmanDuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent