No. 23-7296

George E. Lacey v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2024-04-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance joinder right-to-counsel status-charges
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the joinder of status charges with non-status charges denies criminal defendants the right to a fair trial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether, and to what extent, the joinder of status charges with non-status charges in a single trial denies criminal defendants the right to a fair trial? 2. Whether, and to what extent, defense counsel in a criminal case renders ineffective assistance by failing to put forward a motion that the trial court is required to grant in order to protect the defendant’s right to a fair trial? i

Docket Entries

2024-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
2024-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2024-04-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 23, 2024)

Attorneys

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