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| | 541: | | 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 | |
| 542: | | 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 | |
| 543: | | 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 | |
| 544: | | 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 | |
| 545: | | 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 | |
| 546: | | 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 | |
| 547: | | 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 | |
| 548: | | 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 | |
| 549: | | 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 | |
| 550: | | 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 | |
| 551: | | 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 | |
| 552: | | 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 | |
| 553: | | 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 | |
| 554: | | 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, | |
| 555: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 June 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, Miesha Nelson, and her three codefendants, Carmelita Hall, Tiffany Cox, andRosalinda Ball, were tried jointly but in severed bench trials for the armed robbery andstabbing death of Morris Wilson. All four defendants were found guilty. | | | | Date Created: | 06-15-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120198 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071951 Original UID: 189940 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 556: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 June 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendants, Cara Ringland, Steven Pirro, James Saxen, Steven Harris, and Matthew Flynn,were separately charged with felony drug offenses in the circuit court of La Salle County. | | | | Date Created: | 06-29-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 119484 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071952 Original UID: 189941 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 557: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 July 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant David Holmes was arrested when a Chicago police officer observed a revolverin defendants waistband. After the arrest, police also discovered that defendant lacked aFirearm Owners Identification (FOID) card. Defendant was charged with four counts ofaggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW). | | | | Date Created: | 07-20-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120407 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071953 Original UID: 189942 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 558: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 September 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The overarching issue presented in this appeal is whether a timely petition was filed,seeking immediate, involuntary admission of respondent for inpatient psychiatric treatment in a mental health facility. | | | | Date Created: | 09-21-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 119392 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071954 Original UID: 189943 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 559: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 September 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 1 This appeal arises from the conviction of defendant, Eugene Wright, of armed robbery witha firearm (720 ILCS 5/18-2(a)(2) (West 2010)) following a jury trial in the circuit court ofCook County. | | | | Date Created: | 09-20-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 119561 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071955 Original UID: 189944 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 560: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 September 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, defendant, Drew Peterson, wasfound guilty of the first degree murder of his third ex-wife, Kathleen Savio (Kathleen), andsentenced to 38 years imprisonment. The appellate court affirmed defendants conviction and sentence. | | | | Date Created: | 09-19-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120331 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071956 Original UID: 189945 FIRST WORD: People | |
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