No. 22-5465

LaRoyce McFadden v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-08-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-protections due-process interrogation-rights involuntary-confession juvenile-justice juvenile-suspect police-interrogation police-procedure right-to-counsel self-incrimination
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a murder conviction based on a 17-year-old boy's statements made to police after he was held incommunicado for over 24 hours, the police ignored his request to stop the interrogation, the police did not provide counsel when he asked for an attorney, and the police explicitly denied his requests to contact his mother to obtain counsel violates the boy's right to due process and against self-incrimination?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a murder conviction based on a 17-year-old boy’s statements made to police after he was held incommunicado for over 24 hours, the police ignored his request to stop the interrogation, the police did not provide counsel when he asked for an attorney, and the police explicitly denied his requests to contact his mother to obtain counsel violates the boy’s right to due process and against self-incrimination? U.S. Const. amend. V, U.S. Const. amend. XIV; See Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 376 (1964)(Gnternal citations omitted)(“It is now axiomatic that a defendant in a criminal case is deprived of due process of law if his conviction is founded, in whole or in part, upon an involuntary confession.”) i

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-31
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2022-08-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2022)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
LaRoyce McFadden
Ellen Jenkins CurryOffice of the State Appellate Defender, Petitioner
Ellen Jenkins CurryOffice of the State Appellate Defender, Petitioner