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
Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

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
Illinois
Lisa Anne HoffmanDuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Respondent