No. 20-6843

Cedryck Davis v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-01-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attempted-murder criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial identity identity-evidence other-crimes-evidence reasonable-doubt witness-testimony
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Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Cedryck Davis's convictions for the attempt murder of Naja Harrington and Shawn Harrington should be reversed

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

estions) Preseghep = L Whether Cedryck Davis’s convictions for the attempt murder of Naja . and Shawn Harringon should be reversed because the prosecution failed to ; : ) ; sustain its burden of proving him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt where the evidence identifying him as one of the offenders was unreliable and ; 7 ; inconsistent... 2... 2. Ye, eo. kl -. AY IL. Whether Cedryck Davis's cpnviction for the attempt murder of Naja ) Harrington should be reduced to aggravated discharge of a firearm because : the State failed to show that he had the specific intent to kill Naja beyond a. reasonable doubt, and because the doctrine of transferred intent should not . apply to this case, as Naja was both an unintended victim, and remained : . uninjured... .. . er : a Ill. Whether Cedryck Davis was denied a fair trial where the prosecution was permitted to introduce other crimes evidence, ostensibly for the purpose oo of establishing identity, but which also unnecessarily informed the jury that Davis was investigated by officers for a shooting two days before the shooting : : in this case, based on a purported statement from a witness who denied his , ‘statement entirely when he testified at trial. we beeen 28. , . _ LUSTOFPARTES ==. , an parties appéar in the exption of the case on the cover page. -_ . ‘[] Au parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. A list of . . all

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2020-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2021)

Attorneys

Cedryck Davis
Cedryck Davis — Petitioner
Cedryck Davis — Petitioner
Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent