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| | 121: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 January 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant Allen R. Johnson appeals from the dismissal of his post conviction petition as untimely. This court allowed defendants petition for leave to appeal (Ill. S. Ct. R. 315 (eff.Jan. 1, 2015)), and we now consider the timeliness of defendants petition within the meaning of section 122-1(c) of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1(c) (West2008)). For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the appellate court. | | | | Date Created: | 01-20-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120310 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071931 Original UID: 189919 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 122: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 February 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Stone Street Partners, LLC (Stone Street), brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County to obtain administrative review and declaratory and other relief, including an award of damages, after discovering that a judgment had been recorded against one of its properties for failure to pay $1050 in fines and costs imposed by the city of Chicago's department of administrative hearings (the Department) for violation of various provisions of the city's building code more than a decade earlier. | | | | Date Created: | 02-17-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 117720 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071932 Original UID: 189920 FIRST WORD: Stone | |
| 123: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 January 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, the city of Chicago (City), imposes a tax on the use of personal property within its borders. | | | | Date Created: | 01-20-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 119945, 119960 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071933 Original UID: 189921 FIRST WORD: Hertz | |
| 124: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 February 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in this appeal is whether a minor who is tried in adult court under the automatic transfer provision of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Act) (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2008))but is later not convicted of the charges which brought him into adult court is subject to mandatory adult sentencing under the Act. | | | | Date Created: | 02-17-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 118966 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071934 Original UID: 189922 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 125: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 February 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A pro se post trial claim alleging ineffective assistance of counsel is governed by the common-law procedure developed from our decision in People v. Krankel, 102 Ill. 2d 181(1984), and its progeny. | | | | Date Created: | 02-17-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120071 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071935 Original UID: 189923 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 126: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 February 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The central issue in this case is one of jurisdictionspecifically, so-called special statutory jurisdiction under the Administrative Review Law. | | | | Date Created: | 02-17-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120105 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071936 Original UID: 189924 FIRST WORD: Grimm | |
| 127: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 February 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant Cornelius Shinaul, who was 17 years old at the time, was arrested on February 9, 2009, for various firearm possession offenses. | | | | Date Created: | 02-17-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120162 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071937 Original UID: 189925 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 128: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 February 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in this appeal is whether, in an action brought under the Federal Employers Liability Act (45 U.S.C. 51 et seq. (2006)), a defendant railroad may argue to the jury that a third party was the only person whose negligent conduct caused the plaintiffs injuries. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it may. | | | | Date Created: | 02-17-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120438 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071938 Original UID: 189926 FIRST WORD: Wardwell | |
| 129: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 March 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | David Heroy filed a petition to modify or terminate his monthly maintenance payment to his former spouse, Donna Tuke. The circuit court granted the award in part, reducing the payment from $35,000 per month to $27,500 per month. | | | | Date Created: | 03-23-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120205 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071939 Original UID: 189927 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 130: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 March 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff, The Carle Foundation, filed a multi-count action against numerous state and local taxing authorities to establish that four of its properties were exempt from real estate taxation during the assessment years 2004 through 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 03-23-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120427 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071940 Original UID: 189928 FIRST WORD: The | |
| 131: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 March 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, the defendant, Archie Howard, was convicted of violating section 11-9.3(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/11-9.3(b) (West 2010)). This provision generally makes it unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly loiter within 500 feet of a school while persons under the age of 18 are present. | | | | Date Created: | 03-23-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120443 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071941 Original UID: 189929 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 132: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 March 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff, Evan Barr, filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants,Township High School District 211 (District) and Laurel Cunningham, for injuries he sustained during a physical education class at James B. Conant High School (Conant). The lawsuit advanced to a jury trial. | | | | Date Created: | 03-23-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120751 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071942 Original UID: 189930 FIRST WORD: Barr | |
| 133: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 March 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Boone County, defendant, Brian Pearse, was convicted of failing to register his address in accordance with section 3 of the Sex Offender Registration Act (Act) (730 ILCS 150/3 (West 2012)). | | | | Date Created: | 03-23-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121072 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071943 Original UID: 189931 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 134: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 April 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This appeal arises from the aggravated driving under the influence (DUI) conviction (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(6), (d)(1)(C) (West 2010)) of defendant, Ida Way, following a stipulated bench trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County. | | | | Date Created: | 04-20-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120023 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071944 Original UID: 189932 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 135: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case, one Justice of this court has recused himself, and the remaining members of the court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120448 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071945 Original UID: 189933 FIRST WORD: Chultem | |
| 136: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this appeal, we examine the propriety of a growing practice in the appellate court of declining to consider ineffective assistance of counsel claims on direct review. A Coles County jury found defendant, Blackie Veach, guilty of two counts of attempted murder and rejected defendants theory that someone else committed the crimes. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120649 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071946 Original UID: 189934 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 137: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this appeal, the primary issue we are asked to consider is whether the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs and coordinates interscholastic athletic competitions for public and private secondary schools in Illinois, is a public body as defined by the Freedom of Information Act. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121124 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071947 Original UID: 189935 FIRST WORD: Better | |
| 138: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The two consolidated appeals before this court concern the duties owed by an agent to a principal under a power of attorney for property. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121199, 12141 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071948 Original UID: 189936 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 139: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 June 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, Montana Sebby, was convicted by a jury of resisting a peace officer, a Class 4 felony (720 ILCS 5/31-1(a-7) (West 2010)), and sentenced by the trial court to two years imprisonment. | | | | Date Created: | 06-02-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 119445 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071949 Original UID: 189937 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 140: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This appeal involves an action for breach of contract brought by one law firm against another after the defendant law firm refused to honor the fee-sharing provisions of the firms' joint client retainer agreements. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121297 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071950 Original UID: 189939 FIRST WORD: Ferris, | |
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