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People v. Boose
Lisa Boose appeals a ruling denying her credit under the County Jail Good Behavior Allowance Act after being sanctioned for violating a pretrial release condition under the Pretrial Fairness Act.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netShe was Melissa’s oldest, boldest friend. They had gone to the same primary school. Hazel worked in advertising. She had a wide and glamorous smile behind which was an oft-foul tongue, and long, bouncing, half-French, half-Ghanaian curls falling down her back, the most beautiful, the most envied of their schoolgirl pack, the one the boys always wen
... See moreDiana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
largely on circumstantial evidence, motive might be a persuasive consideration—for either guilt or innocence.
Vibeke Norgaard Martin • 101 Things I Learned® in Law School
People v. Battle
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to detain Asia Battle before her trial for robbery, vehicular hijacking, and battery due to being a threat to the complainant's safety.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net“An act does not make one guilty unless his mind is also guilty.”
Vibeke Norgaard Martin • 101 Things I Learned® in Law School
(Although even in her twenties, Charlie wasn’t what you’d call eye candy: her looks had always been sharp edged and intense, more like eye tequila.)
Katherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
Grace Macaulay, then: seventeen, small and plump, with skin that went brown by the end of May. Her hair was black and oily, and had the hot consoling scent of an animal in summer. She disliked books, and was by nature a thief if she found a thing to be beautiful, but not hers. She didn’t know she couldn’t sing. She was inclined to be cross.
Sarah Perry • Enlightenment
People v. McDonald
The document discusses a case where the trial court denied pretrial release for a defendant facing murder charges, analyzing the State's petition timeliness and failure to prove a present threat.
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