Posted on 03/28/2024 6:37:49 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it.
The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal from Smollett, formerly a cast member of the television drama “Empire.” It will review a December state appellate court ruling that upheld his 2021 conviction by a Cook County jury.
The case kicked up an international uproar and produced an intensive manhunt by Chicago police detectives.
There is no date set for the high court to hear arguments in the matter.
A special prosecutor refiled charges against Smollett after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx dropped the case and Smollett forfeited his $10,000 bond and conducted community service, which Smollett argues ended the case.
In a 2-1 decision, the state’s First District Appellate Court dismissed those claims, declaring that no one promised Smollett he wouldn’t face a fresh prosecution after accepting the original deal. Justice Freddrenna Lyle dissented, calling the refiled charges “fundamentally unfair.”
His attorneys have argued that Smollett, who is Black and gay, has been victimized by a racist and politicized justice system.
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Somebody looking for sexual favors?
I guess the Illinois SC is as big a joke as the rest of the government.
(Jussie Smollett’s)
Keep lying, Jussie
🙄🙄🙄
I wonder if he will walk.
It’s a bigger joke than even the legislature. Purely liberal, bought and paid for. The law and the constitution don’t even enter into their decisions.
Lock
Him
Up
OMG, they’re going to kick him loose. What a complete travesty of justice if they do. He paid the two black guys to do it and they fessed up. How could he possibly win an appeal.
I loathe Smollett for this whole mess and anyone else who thinks like him or supports him.
Yeah, he wrote them a check
Juss Smellit will be “exonerated” by the corrupt IL state supreme court. Just watch.
Black and Gay?
Two strikes.
Three and you’re out!
That third strike is that he is a lying Dude, a dishonorable reprobate.
Get him out of the headlines, a 15 year prison will suffice.
Good God....even Dave Chappelle knows that he was a fraud!
Is his anus worn out yet?
He will walk.
My thoughts exactly.
He lied his A** off. Send him to prison.
I hope not.
He lied his A** off. Send him to prison.
For a very long time.
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