A St. Clair County judge granted an emergency temporary restraining order and preliminary injuction preventing certain SAFE-T Act provisions from taking effect.
Malcolm Goodwin, a retired pathologist with a distinguished career, has been charged with six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault involving minors. Goodwin served in the Army and Air Force Reserves from 1962 to 1982 and then worked as a pathologist in the Air Force until 1998, when he retired as a colonel.
BELLEVILLE – Former chief judge John Baricevic beat a battery charge against client Betty Lee by claiming she defended herself when her sister Jean Edwards violated the six foot Covid rule.
MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Zina Cruse improperly excluded evidence that murder suspect Dominic Combs committed a similar crime in similar circumstances, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Aug. 12.