proportionate-penalties

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7141 Donald McDonald v. Illinois Illinois 2023-03-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act life-sentence non-violent-felony proportionate-penalties proportionate-penalties-clause sentencing solem-v-helm Whether the decision of the First District Appellate court of Illinois denying Petitioner's proportionate penalty clause claim conflicts with the deci…
22-6431 Philip Johnson v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights eighth-amendment guilty-plea juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-bargaining proportionate-penalties sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether a pre-Miller guilty plea bars a post-Miller sentencing challenge under the Eighth Amendment
21-7731 Alonzo Bell v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence evidence-exclusion judicial-discretion proportionate-penalties sentencing Whether the Appellate Court abused its discretion in admitting social media evidence
20-6206 Travis Johnson v. Illinois Illinois 2020-11-03 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing solem-v-helm state-courts supreme-court-precedent Whether Illinois Appellant Courts must be required to follow the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), when ana…
19-8448 Lamont Dantzler v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-law de-facto-life-sentence due-process juvenile-justice proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing Whether an 18-year-old defendant's de facto life sentence violates the Illinois proportionate penalties clause