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Jared Wade Hinman, Sr. v. Illinois

IFP petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District, No. 5-22-0627 · judgment April 4, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025

Questions presented

  1. Did the blanket refusal, by the Appellate Court of Illinois, to ‘substitute their judgement for that of the Trier of Fact’, deny an affirmative defense ‘Sufficiency of Evidence to prove essential elements of the Crime’ to the Defense on Appeal and thus violate Due Process?

  2. Did the Trial Court commit constitutional error when closing arguments gave contradicting jury instructions, referring to the importance of essential elements and their specifics, and the Court failed to admonish the jury on the issue it presented?

  3. Did the Court(s) allow for too much “other bad acts” (of uncharged incidents) and thereby deny the defendant a fair trial?

  4. Are Illinois Courts bound by Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 479 (2012)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jared Wade Hinman

For respondent
Katherine Marie Doersch
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  3. Oct 09 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
  4. Mar 26 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 31, 2025)