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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Published by the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender on 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.
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:
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:
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DIVISION
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.
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.
Chicago - 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. A state appeals court upheld a judge's decision to order the boy to remain in custody. Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli calls the U.S. judicial systems' treatment of juveniles "backward." She plans to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse the appellate court decision.