A jury on Thursday found a Metro East man guilty of murdering his fiancee on a Pontoon Beach highway, rejecting the man s claim that he accidentally ran her over when
Stacy and Steven O Dell testified that Lisa Dunnavent-Polach, 46, was run down by a white pickup truck, and the couple tried to tie a tourniquet to stop her bleeding before
All associate judges in the Third and Twentieth Judicial Circuits were recommended for reappointment in an Illinois State Bar Association Advisory Poll, but some were more favored than others.
Madison County Circuit Judge Kyle Napp appointed special defender Calvin B. Fuller of Granite City to represent Timothy Banowetz in his bid to withdraw his guilty plea to the murder of Edwardsville asbestos attorney Randy Gori in 2020.
After moving to withdraw his guilty plea to the murder of asbestos attorney Randy Gori due to alleged “inadequate representation” by Madison County Public Defender Mary Copeland, Timothy Banowetz asked Circuit Judge Kyle Napp to again appoint a special defender.