No. 21-5063

Sammy Cano v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-seizure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-discretion witness-credibility witness-testimony
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the State failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED. tw 7 1. Whether or not the State failed to prove Sammy Cano guilty beyond a : ’ reasonable doubt where the only witness. to the crime directly contradicted her prior statements about which body parts of the defendants touched hers, her response to that contact, or whether she was threatened during that incident; and where the witness claimed that her cousin was touched during the same incident, but the cousin flatly that the incident occurred. 2. Whether Chicago Police Officers unconstitutionally seized Sammy Cano in : a home depot parking lot when he neither committed nor witnessed a crime,contrary to the circuit court's ruling on Sammy ' s motion to quash arrest. 3.Whether or not the circuit court should have provided Sammy. Cano with new council to assess his claim that trial council ineffectively failed to present evidence showing an inculpatory statement was coerced. . ; a4 4. Whether or not the circuit court excessively sentenced Sammy Cano to three times the minimum term even though Sammy had not committed any crimes in the decade since the incident and that he had established himself as a productive member of society and caring father to two young children. 0) ;

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Sammy Cano
Sammy Cano — Petitioner
Sammy Cano — Petitioner