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Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. In Scott, the Court decided whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments required Illinois to provide Scott with trial counsel. To emphasize the importance of court-appointed counsel, the Court opined, "[T]he interest protected by the right to ...
Darien Harris spent more than 12 years in an Illinois prison, convicted of murder in part on the testimony of an eyewitness who was legally blind. Harris, who was released from prison on Tuesday ...
Harris was an 18-year-old Chicago high school senior near graduation and with a clean criminal record when police arrested him in an ambush-style attack at a gas station that left one man dead and ...
Darien Harris filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in April alleging Chicago police fabricated evidence and coerced witnesses into making […] Man convicted of Chicago murder based on blind ...
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down eighteen per curiam opinions during its 2015 term, which began October 5, 2015 and concluded October 2, 2016. [1]Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices.
Illinois v. Allen, 397 U.S. 337 (1970), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the removal of an unruly criminal defendant during his trial. In its decision, the court ruled that a trial judge may remove a stubbornly defiant defendant from the courtroom, following a warning from the judge that he will be removed if his disruptive behavior continues.
An Illinois man has been found guilty of killing his mother because prosecutors say he didn't like that she was dating. A jury found 46-year-old Neil Howard of Troy guilty of first-degree murder ...
Harris v. Quinn , 573 U.S. 616 (2014), is a US labor law case of the United States Supreme Court regarding provisions of Illinois state law that allowed a union security agreement .