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Daniel D. Basile, III v. Illinois

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Illinois, No. 129026 · judgment October 3, 2024


Certiorari denied · February 24, 2025
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 the Illinois Supreme Court’s holding in this case weakens the shield function of the grand jury process by inappropriately altering the standard for establishing a substantial denial of due process set forth in United States v. Mechanik and Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States. Whether the appropriate remedy for substantial denials of due process in grand jury proceedings is dismissal of the Indictment with prejudice as a deterrent to prosecutorial misconduct.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mark Anthony Byrd
Mark A. Byrd, P.C., Attorney at Law

For respondent
Katherine Marie Doersch
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 05 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
  3. Jan 30 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
  4. Dec 31 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2025)