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| | 161: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Walter Relerford, was convicted of stalking. | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121094 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071971 Original UID: 189960 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 162: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In these consolidated appeals we consider the temporal reach of two legislative enactments: (1) an amendment to section 5-130(1)(a) of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Act) (705 ILCS 405/5-130 (West 2016)), which, inter alia, eliminated armed robbery while armed with a firearm and aggravated vehicular hijacking while armed with a firearm from the list of automatic transfer offenses, and (2) the new juvenile sentencing provisions codified in section 5-4.5-105 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Code) (730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-105 (West 2016)), which, inter alia, give the trial court discretion not to impose otherwise mandatory firearm sentencing enhancements. | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121306, 121346 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071972 Original UID: 189961 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 163: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The defendant, Michael Brooks, was charged with driving under the influence following a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. He filed a motion to suppress the results of blood-alcohol testing on the ground that the blood draw performed at the hospital after his accident was a governmental search conducted in violation of the fourth amendment. | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121413 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071973 Original UID: 189962 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 164: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue is whether fees that have already been earned by an attorney in a dissolution of marriage proceeding are considered available funds, such that they may be disgorged under section 501(c-1)(3) of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (Act) (750 ILCS5/501(c-1)(3) (West 2014)). We hold that earned fees are not subject to disgorgement. | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 122046 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071974 Original UID: 189964 FIRST WORD: In | |
| 165: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 November 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a jury trial on a first degree murder charge, defendant Jared M. Staake was convicted in the circuit court of Schuyler County of second degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-2(a)(1) (West 2012)) for the stabbing death of Michael Box. | | | | Date Created: | 11-30-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121755 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071975 Original UID: 189965 FIRST WORD: People | |
| 166: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 December 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The plaintiff, Isaac Cohen, was riding his bicycle on the Lakefront Trail, a shared-use path that runs along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, when his front wheel got caught in a crack in the pavement and he fell. | | | | Date Created: | 12-29-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121800 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071976 Original UID: 189966 FIRST WORD: Cohen | |
| 167: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in this appeal is whether sections 2-109 and 2-201 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/2-109, 2-201 (West 2012)), apply to a citys failure to repair a sidewalk defect. | | | | Date Created: | 08-02-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122486 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000072009 Original UID: 189999 FIRST WORD: BARBARA | |
| 168: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 June 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Stephenson County, defendant Ricardo Vara was convicted of child pornography (720 ILCS 5/11-20.1(a)(6)(vii) (West 2012)). The circuit court sentenced defendant to serve a three-year term of imprisonment and imposed certain fines mandated by various statutory provisions. | | | | Date Created: | 06-01-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 121823 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000072010 Original UID: 190000 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 169: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 March 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The issue presented in this appeal, distilled to its essence, is whether jurors inability to unanimously agree upon whether a mitigating factor exists, for purposes of second degree murder, results in a finding of first degree murder, as charged, and as necessarily found by the jury in the required statutory progression. | | | | Date Created: | 03-22-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122081 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000072011 Original UID: 190001 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 170: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 December 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case, we must determine whether the purchaser of a newly constructed home may assert a claim for breach of an implied warranty of habitability against a subcontractor who took part in the construction of the home, where the subcontractor had no contractual relationship with the purchaser. | | | | Date Created: | 12-28-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122022 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076295 Original UID: 191706 FIRST WORD: SIENNA | |
| 171: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 December 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A jury convicted defendant Dennis Clark of the Class 2 felony delivery of a controlled substance (cocaine). | | | | Date Created: | 12-28-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122495 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076296 Original UID: 191707 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 172: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 December 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The defendant, Jorge Manzo Jr., was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (720 ILCS 570/401(a)(2)(B) (West 2008)) and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (720 ILCS 5/24-1.1(a) (West 2008)) following a search of his residence pursuant to warrant. | | | | Date Created: | 12-28-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122761 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076297 Original UID: 191708 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 173: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 December 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case, we are asked to determine whether the special interrogatory that was given to the jury at trial was in proper form and whether the jurys answer to the special interrogatory was inconsistent with its general verdict in the plaintiffs favor. | | | | Date Created: | 12-28-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122974 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076299 Original UID: 191710 FIRST WORD: ZACHARY | |
| 174: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 December 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Multiple statutes are, or could be, relevant to the disposition of this case. Quoting all, in their entirety, at the outset would not likely inure to a better understanding of their interrelationship without the context provided by cases. At this juncture, a summary of the content of the principal statutes will suffice. | | | | Date Created: | 12-13-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122378 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076300 Original UID: 191711 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 175: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 November 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This case involves challenges to the applicability and constitutionality of Public Act 97-651 (eff. Jan. 5, 2012), which altered articles 8, 11, and 17 of the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/arts. 8, 11, 17 (West 2012)). | | | | Date Created: | 11-29-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122793, 122822 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076301 Original UID: 191712 FIRST WORD: ROCHELLE | |
| 176: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 November 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, Myron T. Lesley, pro se filed in the circuit court of La Salle County a postconviction petition under section 122-4 of the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-4 (West 2012)). The court advanced the petition and appointed counsel to represent defendant, and the State filed a motion to dismiss. | | | | Date Created: | 11-29-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122100 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076302 Original UID: 191713 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 177: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 November 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, Jordan Easton, pled guilty to aggravated unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle, unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and four counts of unlawful use of a credit card. | | | | Date Created: | 11-29-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122187 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076303 Original UID: 191714 FIRST WORD: THE | |
| 178: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 November 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Defendant, Governor Bruce Rauner, terminated the appointment of plaintiff, Eric Gregg, to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (IPRB or Board) pursuant to section 10 of article V of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. V, 10). | | | | Date Created: | 11-29-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122802 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076304 Original UID: 191715 FIRST WORD: ERIC | |
| 179: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 November 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Sarahi Vasquez Gonzalez, in her capacity as administrator of the estate of Rodolfo Chavez Lopez, also known as Juan Aguilar, brought this wrongful death and survival action in the circuit court of Cook County to recover damages from Union Health Service, Inc. | | | | Date Created: | 11-29-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 123025 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076305 Original UID: 191716 FIRST WORD: SARAHI | |
| 180: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 November 29 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In Illinois, a plaintiff who voluntarily dismisses a claim has only one opportunity to refile that same claim. Whether two lawsuits assert the same claim does not depend solely on how the plaintiff titles the complaint, however. This issue sometimes requires a judicial determination. | | | | Date Created: | 11-29-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 123038 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076306 Original UID: 191717 FIRST WORD: FIRST | |
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