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Darnel Chaffin v. Illinois

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, No. 1-14-3962 · judgment September 29, 2016

Certiorari denied · February 20, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether, consistent with this Court’s decision in Faretta v. California, 95 S. Ct. 2525 (1975) a pro se defendant who crossexamines the alleged and obtains answers which favor his case must face the prosecutor’s argument that the victim was “intimidated” by having to directly confront the defendant, even if the victim does not say that he was intimidated.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Joshua Sachs

For respondent
Michael Marc Glick

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 20 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 17 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
  3. Jan 11 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Illinois to respond filed.
  4. Dec 26 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 5, 2018)