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No. 19-7864October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020

Docket 19-7864October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Crosby v. Illinois

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, filed alongside a motion to proceed as an indigent party.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released May 4, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 4, 2020
What it's about

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, filed alongside a motion to proceed as an indigent party.

Question presented

Whether the trial court's failure to conduct a fitness hearing, after finding a bona fide doubt as to the petitioner's fitness to stand trial, violated the petitioner's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution?

Case path

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District / Decision released May 4, 2020

Area

Decided Supreme Court case

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Mar 30, 2026
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