No. 20-6206

Travis Johnson v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2020-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing solem-v-helm state-courts supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Illinois Appellant Courts must be required to follow the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), when analyzing a sentence under the Eighth Amendment's Proportionate Penalties clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED L, 2s Solew v. Hela, W63 V.S. 277 (1993) binding Case, ; Law? ; 2. Must Lllinois Appellant Courts be cequiced to Follow the United Stotes Supreme Coutts opinion in Solem v. Helm, 103 U.S. 277 (1483), when analyzing A Sentence under the Finis Constitutions Propertionate Penalties clause ? .

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Travis Johnson
Travis Johnson — Petitioner