Actor Jussie Smollett no longer has a conviction for orchestrating a hate crime hoax after the Illinois Supreme Court overturned his 2021 conviction on Thursday.

After being convicted in 2021, Empire star Jussie Smolletts charges were reversed by the Illinois Supreme Court. Illinois Supreme Court […]

Jussie Smollett's conviction for his headline-grabbing hate crime hoax has been dismissed.The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday in what

Jussie Smollett, the obscure actor who orchestrated a fake hate crime against himself in 2019, might get away with it after all. The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned Smollett's 2021 felony conviction on multiple counts of disorderly conduct. The court did not dispute Smollett's guilt but ruled that the hoax artist should not have […]The post

Illinois' highest court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction of lying to Chicago police after he staged a phony hate crime six years ago.

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s felony conviction for orchestrating a fake hate crime, finding that his prosecution violated due process because it ran afoul of a nonprosecution deal he entered into in an earlier, related case. In a Nov. 21 opinion, the high court decided to reverse Smollett’s 2021 […]

The former 'Empire' actor has been on a legal rollercoaster after he claimed in 2019 that he was attacked in Chicago by two Black men who hurled homophobic slurs at him and yelled, This is MAGA country."

* Some good background is here and here on Glorioso v. Sun-Times Media Holdings. The state statute in question is here. The Sandholm case referenced below is here. * Illinois Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet wrote the opinion, with all justices concurring except Justice Rochford, who took no part in the decision…Defendants, Sun-Times Media [...]

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smolletts conviction on charges of staging a

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a fake hate crime. Smollett had claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in January 2019.

* Background is ubiquitous, so use the Google. Definition of Nolle Prosequi according to the Law Dictionary…Lat. In practice. A formal entry upon the record, by the plaintiff in a civil suit or the prosecuting officer in a criminal action, by which he declares that he will no further prosecute the case, either as [...]

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned disgraced "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax on Thursday, ruling that hecannot be tried again.The post Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax Conviction Overturned by Illinois Supreme C...

The court overturned the case based on the procedural issue of a due process violation during the years of high-profile legal wrangling.

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday. The actor had been convicted of five felony counts in Dec. 2021.