| 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 |