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.
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The Circuit Court of Cook County, Sixth Municipal District (Markham) issued a continuance schedule for Felony and Misdemeanor Cases.
Here you will find the Bridgeview Circuit Court schedule.
Here you will find the newly updated Skokie Circuit Court schedule.
Here you will find the newly updated Skokie Circuit Court Schedule
Here you will find the updated Domestic Violence court schedule
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. Most of those trips are uneventful; detainees are brought to their hearings and return to jail without incident. But in some cases, those buses ignite the kinds of violence the jail is designed to prevent.
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.
The Cook County Public Defender wants to undo a court decision that alows holding preteens in custody. The case involved a 12-year-old boy who was arrested last year for his alleged involvement in an armed robbery.