No. 20-6037

David Williard v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-Amendment 5th-Amendment 6th-Amendment Alibi-Witnesses constitutional-rights Due-Process Eyewitness-Identification ineffective-assistance reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-11-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Ineffective-Assistance-of-Counsel

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I, Appellate Court erred in denying Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel claim. Where prejudice was established, in the trial courts findings that the alibi witnesses credibility carried great weight in his decision, : and the trial court's decision was based partially on evidence not presented. Violating petitioner's 6th Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel.of the United States Constitution. II. The Appellate Court erred in denying petitioner's claim that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that David Willard was the shooter, where the sole identification witness's testimony was unreliable oO given his inability to observe the shooter and the rapid sequence of , events and the Appellate Court's failure to consider excepted science on eyewitness identification, and defense alibi witnesses. Violating petitioner's right to due process law under the 5th and 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. . :

Docket Entries

2020-11-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/20/2020.
2020-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2020-10-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

David Williard
David Williard — Petitioner
Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent