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Schmuck v. United States, 489 U.S. 705 (1989), is a United States Supreme Court decision on criminal law and procedure.By a 5–4 margin it upheld the mail fraud conviction of an Illinois man and resolved a conflict among the appellate circuits over which test to use to determine if a defendant was entitled to a jury instruction allowing conviction on a lesser included charge.
Odometer fraud, also referred to as "busting miles" (United States) or "clocking" (UK, Ireland and Canada), is the illegal practice of rolling back odometers to make it appear that vehicles have lower mileage than they actually do. Odometer fraud occurs when the seller of a vehicle falsely represents the actual mileage of a vehicle to the buyer.
After reaching the maximum reading, an odometer or trip meter restarts from zero, called odometer rollover. Digital odometers may not rollover. [17] Most modern cars include a trip meter (trip odometer). Unlike the odometer, a trip meter is reset at any point in a journey, making it possible to record the distance traveled in any particular ...
(The Center Square) – In the wake of another Illinois state trooper's death, officials continue to attempt to strengthen the state’s Move Over law, or Scott’s Law. Trooper Clay Carns was ...
Former President Donald Trump has appealed an Illinois judge’s decision that disqualified him from the state’s upcoming Republican primary ballot.. The ruling from Cook County Circuit Judge ...
A map of Illinois breaking out its twenty-five total judicial circuits as of December 5, 2022. The Illinois circuit courts are state courts of the judiciary of Illinois.They are trial courts of original and general jurisdiction.
Former President Donald Trump engaged in the January 6 insurrection but should stay on the ballot in Illinois, a retired judge recommended to the state election board, which is set to vote on the ...
Three Illinois Appellate Court judges hear each case and the concurrence of two is necessary to render a decision. [6] The Illinois Appellate Court will render its opinion in writing, in the form of a published opinion or an unpublished order. [7] As of 1935, decisions of the Illinois Appellate Court became binding authority upon lower courts ...