Smollett takes case to Illinois Supreme Court Actor Jussie Smollett filed a petition Monday asking the Illinois Supreme Court to review a recent ruling in an Illinois appeals court. His attorneys say they found numerous error in his trial. ...
The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a fake hate crime. Smollett had claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019.
Jussie Smollett's Conviction Over Alleged False Attack & Hate Crime Overturned By Illinois Supreme Court The Illinois Supreme Court has overturnedJussie Smollett‘s convictions. If you don’t remember, the 42-year-oldEmpireactor and director wassentenced to 150 days in jailafterbeing convictedof f...
Jussie Smollett's conviction in hoax attack overturned by Illinois court The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime. November 22, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Red flag warning in e...
Actor Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty to Restored Charges More The Associated Press Actor Jussie Smollett appears in a courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Feb. 24, 2020, where he plead not guilty to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist...
The conviction against actor Jussie Smollett for falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in 2019 has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court over prosecutorial issues. Smollett’s case was reviewed by the state high court, which ruled Thursday that the former “Empire” actor should...
CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and falsely reporting to police that the phony attack was re
Jussie Smollett's conviction surrounding his 2019 hate crime 'hoax' was overturned on Thursday. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Smollett's special prosecutor should not have intervened with new charges, after the state dropped their initial case against the 'Empire' star in 2019. Earlier ...
The Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime. Smollett was found guilty in 2021 of faking a racist and homophobic attack and lying to the police. His lawyers said this violated his Fifth Amendment rights becau...
Smollett was later indicted on six charges of disorderly conduct. He was convicted on five charges in December 2021. “A special prosecutor was appointed and sought to undo what the state had agreed to, and the (Illinois Supreme Court) said, ‘no, we’re not going to allow that because...