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Case Digests

Oct 19, 2016

Motion to Suppress

Sabrina Hebert appeals a judgment of conviction for second-offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.

Oct 18, 2016

Suppression – Fourth Amendment

Darren Caster appeals a judgment of conviction for second-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).

Oct 18, 2016

Legal Malpractice – Sufficiency of Evidence

Mark Halbman appeals from an order of the circuit court granting the motion to dismiss of Mitchell J. Barrock d/b/a Barrock & Barrock (hereinafter “Barrock”) at the close of Halbman’s case-in-chief during the jury trial of this legal malpractice action.

Oct 18, 2016

Sale of Real Estate – Trust

Patricia Jansa, Christine Jansa, Carol Jansa, and Catherine Pechacek (the Jansa sisters) appeal an order denying a motion to approve the sale of trust real estate.

Oct 18, 2016

Sentence Modification

Gregory S. Gorak, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court that denied his motion for reconsideration of an order denying his motion for sentence modification.

Oct 18, 2016

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Larry Holden Dunn, Jr., appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion.

Oct 18, 2016

Invoking Right to Counsel

Eric L. Hill appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon and attempted armed robbery.

Oct 18, 2016

Excessive Restitution – Court Error

Justin Robert White appeals a judgment of conviction entered upon his guilty plea to one count of armed robbery.

Oct 17, 2016

Violation of Due Process – Sovereign Immunity

Nicholas Hess was suspended and later expelled from Southern Illinois University (SIU) after he was arrested for aggravated battery.

Oct 17, 2016

Deliberate Indifference – 8th Amendment

While serving a probation-revocation sentence in an Illinois prison, Calvin Whiting fell ill with what turned out to be a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Oct 17, 2016

Negligence – Sufficiency of Evidence – Res Ipsa Loquitur

In July 2009, Appellant James Blasius purchased a used 2005 Ford Excursion. In June 2012, Blasius entrusted Appellee Angel Automotive, Inc. (“AAI”) with upgrading the vehicle to make it “safe” and “reliable.”

Oct 17, 2016

Life Insurance – Statutory Interpretation

In 2007 an insurance company named Sun Life (the defendant in this case and the appellant in this court) issued a $6 million policy on the life of a wealthy 81‐year‐old named Charles Margolin.

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