Charles Bocock v. Illinois

1 Due Process—Sufficiency of the Evidence / Digital Possession. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permits affirmance of a conviction for knowing and voluntary possession of digital contraband where the State introduced no forensic or attribution evidence tying petitioner to the device or files and did not establish that the images were stored on a local device under petitioner's dominion and control—rather than displayed from an unidentified external attachment, network device, or remote system—and where the State's proof of petitioner's connection to the premises and equipment was inferential and contested. See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979). 2 Due Process—Limited-Purpose Evidence Used as Substantive Proof. Whether due process is violated when a reviewing court sustains a conviction by treating evidence admitted only for a limited "course of investigation" purpose as substantive proof of an element (knowledge/voluntariness), in order to fill evidentiary gaps in the State's proof. LIST OF PARTIES Petitioner: Charles Bocock. Respondent: People of the State of Illinois.