March 20, 2020
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, from March 17 through April 15, 2020 most court appearances will be postponed and most criminal defendants do not need to appear in court. Any defendant whose case will automatically be postponed does not need to appear in court. Below are guidelines for which cases will be postponed. Please read this information carefully. You can also click here to view Chief Judge Evans’ Administrative order.
March 19, 2020
The Circuit Court of Cook County, Sixth Municipal District (Markham) issued a continuance schedule for Felony and Misdemeanor Cases. Click here to download the continuance schedule.
March 18, 2020
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS SECOND MUNICIPAL DISTRICT
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-1
RE: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES
IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHIEF JUDGE TIMOTHY EVANS' GENERAL ADMINSTRATIVE ORDER: 2020-01,
the Presiding Judge of the Second Municipal District, helley Sutker-Dermer, has rescheduled court matters from March 17, 2020 through April 15, 2020 as follows:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
March 18, 2020
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020wDV-02
RE: ORDERS OF PROTECTION EXTENSION FOR ORDERS EXPIRING ON MARCH 17, 2020 THROUGH APRIL 15, 2020
December 12, 2019
This article was originally published by CBS News, read it on their website here.
It’s a scene that happens every weekday at the Cook County Jail: a bus transports a group of inmates, all handcuffed, to court in the Chicago suburbs.
December 11, 2019
After proclaiming his innocence for nearly 20 years, Xavier Walker Wednesday was set to walk out of the Cook County Jail a free man after prosecutors dropped all charges against him in a 2000 murder case.
Walker, 39, was 19 years old when he was arrested for the murder of Mark Madjak during a robbery in West Garfield Park. He told the first lawyer he saw that police had pummeled him into making a confession, but that he also always protested that he was innocent.
November 11, 2019
This story was originally published in WGN9, read the full story here.
November 5, 2019
Cook County wants minors under 13 kept out, appeals says it can't.
"The General Assembly expressed its intention that the operation and administration of juvenile detention facilities would lie with the judiciary and not in the county board," Pierce wrote in the 17-page ruling.
Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli, whose office brought the appeal, said she is going to challenge the ruling with the Illinois Supreme Court.
