Appeals court affirms conviction, sentence in Jussie Smollett case
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 ...
by Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune
Dec 01, 2023
3 minutes
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 handled by special prosecutor Dan Webb after the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office controversially dropped all charges.
In a 2-1 decision, appeals court judges largely rejected the arguments, finding that, among
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