Criminal Justice

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2022 Articles

Casenote: Evans v. Cook County State’s Attorney By Alan C. Downen April 2022 In Evans v. Cook County State’s Attorney, the Illinois Supreme Court considered whether Alfred Evans, Jr. should have been issued a Firearm Owner’s Identification card.
Casenote: People v. Johnson By Mark Wykoff & Julia Wykoff April 2022 In People v. Johnson, the Illinois Supreme Court considered whether defense counsel’s failure to seek the testing of a potentially exculpatory DNA sample constituted the ineffective assistance of counsel.
Motion to Resentence by the People: What It Is, the Impact, and How It Affects Criminal Sentences in Illinois By Brendan Bukalski April 2022 On Jan. 1, 2022, 725 ILCS 5/123, entitled "Motion to Resentence by the People," went into effect, vesting courts with the authority and state's attorneys with the ability to modify a sentence, regardless of when that sentence was imposed.