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| | 201: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Karmeier specially concurred, with opinion. In 2003, this plaintiff, Jane Studt, went to the emergency room of Sherman Hospital in Kane County, complaining of abdominal pain. She was prescribed medications for a urinary tract infection and pain and sent home. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108182 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041650 Original UID: 21475 FIRST WORD: Studt | |
| 202: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. On March 18, 2004, this St. Clair County defendant entered a fully negotiated guilty plea to retail theft and was placed on two years of probation. | | | | Date Created: | 05 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108441 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041651 Original UID: 21476 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 203: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. In 2006, a two-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the Chicago hospital to which he was taken after being found lifeless in the apartment where this defendant was living temporarily with his aunt. Defendant had no residence of his own. | | | | Date Created: | 03 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109649 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042027 Original UID: 41632 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 204: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman dissented, with opinion. Plaintiff, a Du Page County widow, discovered after her husbands death in 2007 that the marital home was claimed by her stepson, who brought an action in forcible entry and detainer to remove her from the property. She had thought she was a joint tenant with her husband and was entitled to the premises by right of survivorship. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111052 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042209 Original UID: 21726 FIRST WORD: Snyder | |
| 205: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Karmeier specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justice Freeman. This Will County litigation concerns the incarceration of Kensley Hawkins between July 1, 1983, and March 17, 2005, at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet. One statute provides that an inmate may be held responsible for the costs of his incarceration, indicating how those costs are calculated, and stating that the Department of Corrections may authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for the recovery of the amount owed. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110792 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042210 Original UID: 21727 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 206: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHIEF JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Garman dissented, with opinion, joined by Justices Thomas and Karmeier. In 2007, this Cook County defendant was brought to trial for the 2002 criminal sexual assault of a woman who lived on the south side of Chicago. She had left her home at midnight to go to a store. Subsequently, she identified defendant in a police lineup. At trial, she testified as to how this defendant pushed her into a van and raped her. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108690 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042211 Original UID: 21728 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 207: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. A 2005 amendment to the Property Tax Code (Pub. Act 94558) stated that the interest rate paid on a property tax refund, following a successful tax protest, would change, effective January 1, 2006, from a flat 5% to a rate which is the lesser of 5% or a rate based on the consumer price index. This latter rate has been lower. | | | | Date Created: | 05 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108893 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042212 Original UID: 21729 FIRST WORD: General | |
| 208: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justice Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride specially concurred, with opinion. Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justices Thomas, Karmeier, and Theis. This Chicago defendant was convicted of felony possession of heroin with intent to deliver. At his Cook County jury trial, Chicago police gave testimony as to how, in 2005, defendant was observed making what appeared to be drug sales on West Washington Street. | | | | Date Created: | 04 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108909 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042213 Original UID: 21730 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 209: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride took no part in the decision. This Cook County insurance dispute arose from a 2001 automobile accident in which Martha Rosen, the appellee here, was injured. Phoenix Insurance Company is her insurer. The other drivers insurance policy had only $25,000 of coverage for her claims, while her own underinsured motorist coverage was $500,000. | | | | Date Created: | 04 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110679 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042604 Original UID: 22125 FIRST WORD: Phoenix | |
| 210: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Burke delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion. In 2005, Leonard Holmes, an Indiana resident, was stopped in Chicago for a traffic violation. There was a gun in a closed and latched armrest in the backseat. | | | | Date Created: | 04 07 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109130 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044166 Original UID: 23696 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 211: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Burke delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis specially concurred, with opinion. This Cook County defendant was charged with first degree murder on an accountability theory concerning the 2004 shooting death of a cab driver who was robbed. White pled guilty pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109616 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044167 Original UID: 23697 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 212: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride dissented, with opinion. Justice Freeman dissented, with opinion. Justice Burke dissented, with opinion. In Champaign County, this minor, then 16, was charged with criminal sexual assault and attempted robbery on the basis of late-night events which occurred in Champaign in August of 2006. A delinquency petition was filed, and, in bench proceedings, the minor was found guilty, adjudicated delinquent, and committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for a term of 15 years or until age 21. | | | | Date Created: | 06 30 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 107750 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044368 Original UID: 23894 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 213: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion. This Cook County civil action for damages is at the pleading stage. | | | | Date Created: | 05 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 108656 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044370 Original UID: 23897 FIRST WORD: Clark | |
| 214: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 July 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Burke delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concur in the judgment and opinion. On July 13, 2009, a legislative capital projects plan with numerous provisions created the Video Gaming Act and was signed into law by Governor Patrick Quinn. | | | | Date Created: | 07 11 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 111903 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044469 Original UID: 23983 FIRST WORD: Wirtz | |
| 215: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Freeman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Thomas, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion. Justice Karmeier specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Chief Justice Kilbride. In this Lake County marital dispute, the supreme court ruled on the proper standard to use in ruling on a petition to substitute a judge for cause after a substantive ruling has been made in a case. | | | | Date Created: | 08 04 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109039 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044476 Original UID: 23984 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 216: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Freeman delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Thomas, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion. Justice Karmeier specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Chief Justice Kilbride. In this Lake County marital dispute, the supreme court ruled on the proper standard to use in ruling on a petition to substitute a judge for cause after a substantive ruling has been made in a case. | | | | Date Created: | 08 04 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109039 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044477 Original UID: 23984 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 217: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Two deaths occurred in Peoria in 2004 when defendant driver missed a curve, crossed the center line, and collided head-on with another vehicle. | | | | Date Created: | 04 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109102 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044478 Original UID: 23985 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 218: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis specially concurred, with opinion. This Cook County defendant was charged with first degree murder on an accountability theory concerning the 2004 shooting death of a cab driver who was robbed. | | | | Date Created: | 06 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109616 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044479 Original UID: 23986 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 219: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke dissented, with opinion, joined by Justice Freeman. A man who was at a gas station at 79th Street and Yates Avenue in Chicago was shot to death there in January of 2003, at 10:30 in the evening. | | | | Date Created: | 08 04 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109689 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044480 Original UID: 23987 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 220: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Garman, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke dissented, with opinion, joined by Justice Freeman. A man who was at a gas station at 79th Street and Yates Avenue in Chicago was shot to death there in January of 2003, at 10:30 in the evening. | | | | Date Created: | 08 04 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 109689 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044481 Original UID: 23987 FIRST WORD: People | |
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