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Gregory C. Dacanay v. Illinois

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, No. 2-19-0533 · judgment September 22, 2020

Certiorari denied · June 7, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether law enforcement officers, despite their answers to voir dire questions, can be fair and impartial jury members in a criminal trial in order to satisfy the requirements of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution regarding a defendant’s right to a fair trial by an impartial jury and in order to avoid structural error in the trial.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Salvatore Charles Miglore
Salvatore C. Miglore & Assoc.

For respondent
Lisa Anne Hoffman
DuPage County State's Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 07 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 18 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
  3. May 11 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
  4. Apr 22 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2021)