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In 1974, the California Supreme Court ordered the legislature to create the discovery system, ending the state's experiment with judicial discovery rule-making. [4] [5] In 1970, the United States Supreme Court first set down principles in terms of the constitutionality of discovery rules. In Williams v.
Unsatisfied with this explanation, the Illinois Supreme Court held that Rivera was wrongly denied his challenge to dismiss the juror. The state supreme court found no evidence that Rivera's attorney used discriminatory considerations in arguing for the dismissal of the juror in question. Despite this, the state supreme court decided that such a ...
Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the knowing use of false testimony by a prosecutor in a criminal case violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, even if the testimony affects only the credibility of the witness and does not directly relate to the innocence or guilt of ...
The 2-1 decision from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirms a ruling from U.S. District Judge John Kness last year that five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro and two GOP ...
The defendants then filed a petition under the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 38 §§ 826–832), under which only questions arising under the State or Federal Constitution could be raised, to obtain a certified copy of the entire record for their appeal, alleging that there were manifest nonconstitutional errors in the trial that entitled them to have their ...
Kirby v. Illinois, 406 U.S. 682 (1972), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel did not attach during a pre-indictment identification. [1]
State court rules may be different from the Federal rules and vary from state to state. Full Text of FRCP 41(b): (b) Involuntary Dismissal: Effect Thereof. For failure of the plaintiff to prosecute or to comply with these rules or any order of court, a defendant may move for dismissal of an action or of any claim against the defendant.
The court's rulings mean Crimo Jr.'s Nov. 6 trial will go head as previously scheduled. Illinois judge refuses to dismiss case against father of parade shooting suspect Skip to main content