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Jeromy L. Ramm v. Illinois

Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, No. 5-23-1271 · judgment August 18, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 15, 2026
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 a statute which allows the admission of propensity evidence against a criminal defendant but does not provide the same defendant with an opportunity to present rebuttal or non-propensity evidence deprives a defendant of his fourteenth amendment right to due process of law.

Counsel of record

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

For respondent
Katherine Marie Doersch
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 15 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
  3. May 19 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
  4. Apr 28 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2026)