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Warrantless Search & Seizure-Child Pornography
A jury convicted Cox of sex-torting and exploiting multiple victims, including minors, and receiving child pornography.
Money Laundering Conspiracy- Law Enforcement Expert Testimony
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Xianbing Gan on three counts of money laundering and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, but acquitted him on one count of participating in a money laundering conspiracy.
Postconviction Relief-Evidence
Moran was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for a 2006 shooting in Calumet City, Illinois.
Employment Law-Diversity
Village manager Thomas Barwin resigned under threat of termination two and one-half years before his pension rights vested.
Admission of Evidence-Child Pornography
Appellant West was convicted of possessing child pornography and other sexual offenses against children.
Class Action- Illinois Right of Publicity Act
Elizabeth Huston, a Good Housekeeping magazine subscriber, filed a putative class action complaint alleging a media conglomerate, Hearst Communications, Inc., violated her right of publicity by offering to sell and selling mailing lists containing her, and 9.1 million other subscribers’, identifying information.
Entrapment- Enticement of a minor
Rafael Mercado used an Internet application to meet “Alexis,” a profile operated by a trained FBI agent conducting an undercover investigation of adults with sexual interest in children.
Guardianship-Competency
Petitioner appeals the circuit court’s finding that she is incompetent and the resulting order establishing the guardianship of her and of her estate, as well as an order for her protective placement after petitioner fell and her husband suffered a stroke.
False Arrest
Phillip Edward Osborne alleged that Illinois State Police Officer Shawn Myers arrested him without probable cause and therefore violated his civil rights.
Class Action – Certification
Bennett contends that Division 10 of Cook County Jail does not satisfy the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act because it lacks the grab bars and other fixtures that disabled inmates may need in order to use showers and toilets safely.
Explanation of Courts Reasoning
Robert Slamka petitioned for review of a decision of the court of appeals, Slamka v. General Heating & Air Conditioning Inc.
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- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
