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Stephen S. Bona v. Illinois

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, No. 2-16-0581 · judgment December 10, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 2, 2020
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

  1. Whether, in a case involving political speech, the first amendment allows a state to criminalize a knowing threat of violence directed against a political official without a showing of an intent to do harm, and whether a “true threat” requires an intent to do harm.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Louis Richards
Law Office of Stephen L. Richards

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 02 2020
    Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 14 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  3. Aug 24 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 2, 2020)