(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court this week denied a request to halt Illinois’ “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazine bans pending an appeal. The case Bevis v. Naperville was filed last year challenging Naperville’s gun ban. The plaintiffs modified the federal case to include the state’s gun ban enacted in January. In February, […]
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Appeals court upholds man’s 70-year sentence, conviction for stabbing man and raping woman in Zion
An appeals court upheld a man’s 70-year sentence for a 2017 home invasion in Zion where he was found guilty of stabbing a man 20 times and raping a woman. Lake County Circuit Judge Mark Levitt found D’Javon Hudson, 29, of Zion, guilty in July 2021 of attempted murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, home invasion, […]
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Oral arguments in lawsuit challenging Illinois’ no-cash bail law set for March
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Supreme Court said that oral arguments in an appeal in the SAFE-T Act’s cashless bail lawsuit will not be heard until March. Oral arguments are set before the Illinois Supreme Court in March, though a specific date is still not known. The Pretrial Fairness Act that eliminates cash bail […]
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Appeals court vacates 60-year sentence for man who shot, killed woman at house party in Waukegan
An appeals court has vacated a Waukegan man’s 60-year sentence and ordered him to be re-sentenced for the murder of a 24-year-old woman he shot at a party in Waukegan. Farid S. Rakin, 54, of Waukegan, was found guilty in January 2020 of two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Ciera Q. […]
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Appellate court denies new hearing for man sentenced to 37 years for shooting at police officer in North Chicago
An appellate court has rejected a Waukegan man’s request for a new court hearing after he was sentenced to 37 years in prison for going on a shooting spree and shooting at a police officer in North Chicago. Willie Bell, 31, of Waukegan, was convicted in November 2020 on two counts of aggravated discharge of […]
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Gov. Pritzker to appeal to Illinois Supreme Court after appellate court dismisses his appeal in school mask case
(The Center Square) – Gov. Pritzker is expected to file an appeal with the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort to get the state’s school mask mandate reinstated. The Fourth District Court of Appeals late Thursday found Pritzker’s appeal of a lower court blocking mask and exclusion rules for students and vaccine or testing mandates […]
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Appeals court dismisses Gov. Pritzker’s school mask order appeal
(The Center Square) – The temporary restraining order blocking Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mask and exclusion policies in schools remains in place after an appeals court dismissed the governor’s appeal Thursday evening. “Because the emergency rules voided by the TRO are no longer in effect, a controversy regarding the application of those rules no longer […]
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‘It cultivates chaos’: Gov. Pritzker slams judge’s ruling striking down Illinois’ school mask mandate
Gov. J.B. Pritzker slammed a downstate judge’s ruling that temporarily blocks his mask and COVID exclusion mandates in Illinois schools, saying that the judge had “poor legal reasoning.” “Judge Raylene Grischow’s ruling is out of step with the vast majority of legal analysis in Illinois and across the nation,” Pritzker said during an unrelated press […]
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Gov. Pritzker says his administration will immediately appeal judge’s ruling blocking masks, vaccines in Illinois schools
Gov. JB Pritzker said there would be “grave consequences” and that he would appeal after a judge issued an order blocking his mask and vaccine mandates in Illinois schools. Pritzker asked the Illinois Attorney General’s office for an immediate appeal of the court’s decision, which restrains the state from enforcing certain COVID-19 measures in schools. […]