Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Kelvin Carter, was found guilty of the 2002 murder of Edmond Allen. Identification evidence was supplied by four occurrence witnesses. The circuit court ultimately imposed a 20-year prison sentence in addition to a 25-year enhancement, which was statutorily mandated because of the court’s determination that defendant had per

A jury found Davin Sprague (Sprague) guilty of premeditated firstdegree murder for killing his wife, Kandi Sprague (Kandi). The district court sentenced Sprague to a hard 50 life sentence. Sprague raises numerous issues on direct appeal to this court, including four issues raised in a pro se supplemental brief. We affirm Sprague's conviction but vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing. In

On or about 12 July 2012, Appellant and his wife (TW) were involved in a domestic dispute at their on-base home at Hurlburt Field, Florida. This was not the first such event in their brief marriage. Security Forces (SFS) responded to the home, and in addition to her claim of assault, TW alleged Appellant possessed child pornography on his computer. AFOSI was contacted, and they too went to the

On January 4, 2015, Defendants were charged in a Fifth Superseding Indictment (the "Indictment") with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and several related crimes. (Dkt. 271.) The Indictment charged Defendants, as members of an association-in-fact enterprise, the Six Tre Outlaw Gangsta Disciples Folk Nation ("Six Tre" or "Folk Nation"), with conducting and aspiring to conduct the affairs of t

The petitioner, Terrie Harman, appeals an order of the Circuit Court (Carbon, J.) denying the request filed by her and the respondent, Thomas McCarron, to vacate their decree of divorce. We affirm.
The parties were married in 1989. In July 2014, they were granted an uncontested decree of divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences that caused the irremediable breakdown of the mar

This case arises out of the brutal assault and murder of the victim, Starr Harris, on June 1, 2010. The Defendant, Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr., subsequently was indicted for one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a kidnapping, one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a rape, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, and one count of aggravated

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A constitution-based claim for venue change can arise under a theory of presumed or actual prejudice. Presumed prejudice occurs when pretrial publicity is so pervasive and prejudicial that there can be no expectation of an unbiased jury pool in the community. In deciding whether to presume prejudice under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an appellate court considers se

The appellant arrived at Naval Station Great Lakes and checked into Marine Air Control Group 48 in June 2011, where he represented he was a “bonafide bachelor” and was thus permitted to move into government quarters set aside for that purpose. However, the appellant also received Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) payments since he falsely reported that he lived in an apartment in Chicago. Th

In the mid-1970s, Donald Thomas Scholz, a musician, composer, recording engineer, and record producer,
founded the rock band "Boston." After many years playing in the band, Brad Delp, who was its lead singer, committed suicide on March 9, 2007. The Boston Herald, Inc., published three stories regarding Brad's suicide, written by columnists Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa, who relied on informati

John E. Robinson, Sr., was charged with multiple offenses related to the murders of six women—killings that constituted parts of a common scheme or course of conduct whereby Robinson would lure women to Johnson County with offers of employment, travel, and other benefits; exploit them sexually, financially, or otherwise; kill them and dispose of their bodies in a similar manner; and engage in va

Following the birth of A.A. on April 26, 2013, Matthew and Caitlin signed a VAP pursuant to section 6(a) of the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 (Parentage Act) (750 ILCS 45/6(a) (West 2012)). Caitlin, A.A.’s mother, had been married to Jakob S., who signed a denial of paternity as to A.A. ¶ 4 On June 10, 2013, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship in juvenile court following

The trial court found the following facts. Cohen met Raymond when Raymond began dating Cohen’s stepdaughter, Molly, whom Raymond eventually married. Cohen owned a successful scrap metal company and offered Raymond a job. Cohen assigned Raymond the company’s “tough dirty jobs,” which Raymond successfully performed. Cohen soon regarded Raymond as one of his most valuable assistants. In

After twenty-five years of marriage, Kevin Gertiser and Anne1 Gertiser (now Stokes) divorced in 2007. They have both remarried. At the time of their divorce, the court ordered Kevin to pay Anne incapacity maintenance of $1,182.50 per month, finding that her legal blindness materially affected her ability to support herself:
[Anne] suffers from severe myopia, optic nerve degeneration and macu

Same sex couple planned to have a child and co-parent. Upon the termination of their relationship and following almost ten years of co-parenting, the biological mother denied plaintiff's status as a parent and sought to end all interaction between plaintiff and child. Couple did not have a written agreement regarding parenting. Plaintiff petitioned the District Court in Oklahoma County seeking a d

Amarin is a biopharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware and based in New
Jersey. Compl. ¶ 24. It and four medical doctors resident in New York2 (collectively, “Amarin”)
bring this suit against the FDA, two officials with responsibility over the FDA (Dr. Stephen
Ostroff and Sylvia Matthews Burwell), and the United States (collectively, the “FDA”).3 The
FDA is t

Over the course of Appellant’s first four years in the Air Force, he was engaged in multiple tumultuous relationships, three of which resulted in charges in this case. In 2009, about a year after joining the Air Force, Appellant married KM, a woman from his hometown. KM served on active duty for a short period of time but was medically retired due to issues with her hips that developed during

Rocio Linch was born in Mexico City, Mexico and is now a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1991, Ms. Linch was living in Mexico City, working as lawyer, when she began exchanging letters with Ron Linch, who was a resident of Linch, Wyoming in Johnson County. In April 1993, after numerous meetings with Mr. Linch in Mexico and in the United States, Ms. Linch moved from Mexico and began

This criminal contempt matter arises from the failure of Respondent Alex
Diaz de la Portilla to appear pursuant to a court order at a hearing on a motion to
hold him in contempt during a dissolution of marriage proceeding. During the
dissolution proceeding, Diaz de la Portilla was ordered to deliver one of two dogs
owned by the couple into the wife’s custody, which he failed

Rocio Linch was born in Mexico City, Mexico and is now a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1991, Ms. Linch was living in Mexico City, working as lawyer, when she began exchanging letters with Ron Linch, who was a resident of Linch, Wyoming in Johnson County. In April 1993, after numerous meetings with Mr. Linch in Mexico and in the United States, Ms. Linch moved from Mexico and began

A constitution-based claim for venue change can arise under a theory of presumed or actual prejudice. Presumed prejudice occurs when pretrial publicity is so pervasive and prejudicial that there can be no expectation of an unbiased jury pool in the community. In deciding whether to presume prejudice under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an appellate court considers seven fac

Isaac A. Potter, Jr., commenced this action on June 3, 2015. See generally Compl. Plaintiff alleges numerous causes of action in the complaint including: false allegations, retaliatory conduct, conspiracy to harm a patient and the patient's family, emotional distress, mental anguish, slander, violation of the patient's and spouse of the patient's constitutional rights, discriminatory acts, various

This matter is before the en banc Court on the Appellant’s Motion for an Entry of
Judgment. In Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 (June 26, 2015), the
United States Supreme Court recently held that (1) states are required to license a marriage
between two people of the same sex, and (2) states are required to recognize a marriage
between two people of the sa

Tarrence Shakil Hazel (“defendant”) appeals from judgments entered upon
jury verdicts finding him guilty of robbery with a firearm and first-degree murder
under the felony murder rule. We uphold the verdict of the jury and find no error in
the judgment of the trial court. On 13 April 2012, Marquice Antone shot and killed his uncle by marriage,
Keith Gachette, inside Gac

Dimitri B. Georgiadis (Dimitri) established a revocable trust on December 21, 1989 that
designated his new wife, Margaret Georgiadis (Margaret), and his only children, two sons from a
previous marriage, Paul Georgiadis (Paul) and Basil Georgiadis (Basil) (collectively, the sons),
as beneficiaries. The sons were named co-trustees of that trust. August 27, 2012, Dimitri amended and r

Frederick Dawson Graham and Dena Marie Turner were married on January 31, 2007. On November 14, 2013, Dena filed a first amended original petition for divorce, alleging that Frederick was guilty of cruel treatment towards her, committed adultery, and committed fraud on the community estate. She also requested that she be awarded a disproportionate share of the parties’ estate. Both parties made