Author Archives: ChicagolandLawFirm

A convicted killer will see a reduction in jail time after the state Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors must do more than simply identify street gangs by name when drawing associations at trial. In a split decision, justices ruled in favor of a claim by an admitted member of the Latin Kings that the state… Read More »

So say a panel of appellate court judges after ordering a new trial for a man deemed a habitual offender who claimed he was denied his Sixth Amendment rights after cops arrested him on gun charges at a North Lawndale liquor store. Brandon Barber invoked the Confrontation Clause in appealing the 2013 conviction, which resulted from… Read More »

A push back on appeals court judges in the First District by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx could push the issue of investigate alerts to the Illinois Supreme Court. This after opinions on a petition to rehear a case decided earlier this year reflected the split among the same three-member over the Constitutionality of… Read More »

A convicted felon who declined to take the advice of both his lawyer and the bench will serve a life sentence after the appeal of his 2018 drug rap fell short with judges in federal court. They ruled downstate dealer Dennis Jackson failed to prove his claim that the state’s decision not to produce the… Read More »