No. 23-7207

Dwayne K. Taylor v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2024-04-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-defect criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jury-instructions necessity self-defense sentencing sentencing-enhancement
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Latest Conference: 2024-06-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the trial Court Committed reversible error in denying the defendant's request for jury instructions on self-defense and necessity, even though there was some evidence in the trial record of these affirmative defenses

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS) PRESENTED ; ty Whether the trial Court Committed ‘reversible S! €rvor in denytry the deferkels request fr ) dury Wnstudons on SeledeR,s0 and Nea essity, even though there was Some Cutdence in dhe dital record of-dheso atBrmative defenses, eniifting Dexyne 2), Whether Dwadve Tay lo18 endtHed -to~a New Sentencing hearhng Where the Same Prtor Class K~-lony~ Convichon was Used +o both establish an element of the offense of armed habitual CrimMinas, and te qualify nm ir a WR Sentene under the | Improper double enhancement, | fey an

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-14
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2024-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2024)

Attorneys

Dwayne Taylor
Dwayne K. Taylor — Petitioner
Dwayne K. Taylor — Petitioner
Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent