Illinois Supreme Court Opinion affirming a criminal conviction for entering a park as someone with a past sex offense conviction in order to retrieve their own child.
People v. Legoo (Ill. 2020)
Posted: June 25, 2020
People v. Kochevar (Ill. Ct. App. 2020)
Posted: February 4, 2020
Illinois Court of Appeals vacating a prior judgment holding that Illinois' sex offense registration violated federal and state constitutional principles, in light of Illinois Supreme Court precedent that it lacked jurisdiction to consider constitutional challenges to registration on direct appeal.
Frederickson v. Landeros (7th Cir. 2019)
Posted: November 27, 2019
7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion affirming the denial of qualified immunity in the case of a police officer who refused to transfer the registration of someone required to register as a sex offender--effectively foreclosing his ability to relocate--on an Equal Protection theory.
People v. Morger (Ill. 2019)
Posted: November 21, 2019
Illinois Supreme Court opinion finding that, as a condition of supervision, a total ban from access to social media websites violates the First Amendment.
Murphy v. Raoul, No. 16- cv–11471 (N.D. Ill. 2019)
Posted: January 16, 2019
Northern District of Illinois federal trial court holding that Illinois Department of Corrections policies for continuing to imprison people who were unable to obtain lawful housing was not constitutional.
People v. Pepitone (Ill. 2018)
Posted: December 19, 2018
Illinois Supreme Court holding that presence bans for people convicted of sex offenses was not unconstitutional.
People v. Minnis (Ill. 2016)
Posted: October 27, 2017
Illinois Supreme Court reversed trial court finding that state statute requiring registration of online identifiers was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.