Monthly Archives: January 2024
Defendant Denied Pretrial Release on Sexual Assault Charges
The Fifth District affirmed continued detention after finding the trial court properly determined that release conditions could not mitigate the alleged threat to the victim and community. In People v. Long, 2023 IL App (5th) 230881, the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court considered whether a trial court properly continued the pretrial detention of a… Read More »
Appellate Court Vacates Order of Pretrial Release
The Fifth District held that the State’s petition to detain the defendant was untimely under Illinois’ pretrial-release law. In People v. Gurlly, 2023 IL App (5th) 230830-U, the Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court considered whether the State timely filed a petition seeking to detain a defendant charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and… Read More »
Greyhound Bus Will Likely Face Lawsuits After Deadly Crash
The NTSB found that driver fatigue, Greyhound’s oversight failures, and illegally parked tractor-trailers contributed to the deadly 2023 crash near Highland, Illinois. A deadly Greyhound bus crash on Interstate 70 in Madison County, Illinois raised significant questions about the responsibility of the bus operator, the motorcoach driver, and the trucking companies whose tractor-trailers were… Read More »