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CHICAGO — The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Jussie Smollett, the former “Empire” actor whose convictions for staging a hate crime caused fevered international media
CHICAGO — The long-lasting Jussie Smollett case is not quite over yet.
CHICAGO — The long-lasting Jussie Smollett case is not quite over yet. The former “Empire” actor who was convicted of falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in January of 2019 is petitioning the Illinois Supreme Court to hear his case after a lower appellate court in December upheld his sentence and conviction. The move marks the next step as Smollett works to exhaust all his appeal ...
CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court on Friday ruled that the sentence and conviction against Jussie Smollett should stand, turning another page in the years-old, infamous case. Smollett appeared in court in person in September as a panel of appellate judges fired questions at lawyers about about the 2019 hearing during which Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against him, spurring at ...
CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court on Friday ruled that the sentence and conviction against Jussie Smollett should stand, turning another page in the years-old, infamous case. Seeking to overturn a sentence and conviction for falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in January 2019, attorneys for the former “Empire” actor alleged a lengthy laundry list of violations in the case ...