On July 18, 2003 a new Senate Bill was signed into law. This law established a four year statewide study of traffic stops to collect data to identify racial bias. The study began on January 1, 2004 and was originally scheduled to end December 31, 2007. However, Public Act 98-0686 has extended the Illinois Traffic Stop Study. All Illinois law enforcement agencies must continue to collect and submit traffic stop data until July 1, 2019.
In this McLean County case, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a conviction for unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver imposed on a defendant who was a passenger in a vehicle which was stopped because of what police claimed was an obstructed license plate. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months of probation.
A Kane County jury convicted this defendant of the April 2009 hold-up of a gas station in Aurora, and the circuit court imposed a 20-year prison term for aggravated robbery.
The defendant in this Lake County wrongful death suit is DeBruler Company, the agent for a Park City development known as Colonial Park Apartments. The plaintiff is Maria Turcios, the special administrator of the estate of her late husband Nelsyn Caceras, who died June 15, 2011.
A statutory post conviction proceeding can, potentially, consist of three stages. At the first stage, the circuit court may summarily dismiss if it finds the petition frivolous or patently without merit.
In 2012, in Cahokia, a 14-month-old infant died of head injuries after being left in the company of other children, including this juvenile respondent, who was nine years old at the time.
This dispute arises from the logging of timberland in Warren County. The plaintiff is the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District. Among the defendants are Steve Walters, an Iowa timber buyer and Robert ODell, an Iowa logger.
This class action challenges the constitutionality of a section of the Counties Code which calls for the states Rental Housing Support Program to be funded by a surcharge collected by county recorders of deeds when they record real estate-related documents.