No. 23-6298

Chet Smith v. Cook County, Illinois

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-charges federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment government-non-compliance grand-jury oath-requirement panel-defendant procedural-due-process rule-3 void-complaint void-indictment
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-the-return-of-an-indictment-without-a-vote-by-the-grand-jury-violates-the-fifth-amendment-guarantee-of-indictment-by-a-grand-jury

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED — . | \, Wherhec *he Ceturn of an indicts menk , Without fe Vote \oy +he arand Jury WPor whether t+S terms do Os do not Constitute keue bill, Violates the Fisch , Amendment Quacantee of indickment boy a grand Jury or Qules Gand 7 of the Federal ules of Criminal Procedure, ~ rand Jucy Signatuce of all panel members ; 2 Whether a defendant held +o Answer Upon A VOid felony Complarat Should be afforded any celieL upon is timely pretrial Motion, where the void Complaint | is Ahe product of the Government's pattern OF | Non Comp liance with the express Fequire ment ot Rule 3 of ~he Federal Rules of Criminal Pro cedure. That a Complant be * made Upon Math belore a Commissioner or Other Officer Empowered to Commit Person Charged with an offenses, .

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2023-09-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Chet Smith
Chet Smith — Petitioner