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Taylor v. Illinois, 484 U.S. 400 (1988), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that defense witnesses can be prevented from testifying under certain circumstances, even if that hurts the defense's case. [1]
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Rules of Evidence superseded Frye as the standard for admissibility of expert evidence in federal courts. [1] Some states, however, still adhere to the Frye standard.
Civil cases appealed from the Illinois Appellate Court are heard by the Supreme Court of Illinois upon the grant of a Petition for Leave to Appeal under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 315, [11] a Certificate of Importance under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 316, [12] or a Petition for Appeal as a Matter of Right under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 317 ...
(The Center Square) – Even though marijuana is legal in Illinois, the state’s highest court has ruled that the smell of raw cannabis is enough for police to search a vehicle. The case stems ...
The Illinois Circuit Court decided that the search was unlawful based on the test established in the Supreme Court ruling in Spinelli v. United States. In essence, the affidavit did not provide enough evidence to establish probable cause, which led to the exclusion of evidence obtained on the basis of that warrant.
A lower court previously affirmed the convictions in a 2-1 decision, but the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in possibly the actor’s last chance to avoid a stint in jail and have his ...
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts.
The Supreme Court avoided taking up a series of cases on the right to bear arms and left in place an Illinois law that bans assault-style weapons such as the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, which has ...