CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court on Friday ruled that the sentence and conviction against Jussie Smollett should stand, turning another page in the years-old, infamous case. Seeking to overturn a sentence and conviction for falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in January 2019, attorneys for the former “Empire” actor alleged a lengthy laundry list of violations in the case .
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Illinois Appellate Court judges on Tuesday fired questions at lawyers for Jussie Smollett about the 2019 hearing during which Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against him, spurring at the time a firestorm of controversy as well as the eventual appointment of a special prosecutor. The substance of that hearing, and whether it constituted an agreement with Smollett, is central to the .
CHICAGO — Illinois Appellate Court judges on Tuesday fired questions at lawyers for Jussie Smollett about the 2019 hearing during which Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against him, spurring at the time a firestorm of controversy as well as the eventual appointment of a special prosecutor. The substance of that hearing, and whether it constituted an agreement with Smollett, is .
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