Jussie Smollett's appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday raised a legal question about double jeopardy.

Smollett’s attorney, Nenye Uche, argued that a previous agreement with the State's Attorney’s office should have kept a trial ...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in one of Chicago’s most closely followed low-level felony cases when attorneys for Jussie Smollett appeared before the state’s highest court in ...

During the actor's trial, special prosecutors accused Smollett of staging the attack for publicity because he was unhappy ...

Smollett’s attorney, Nenye Uche, argued that a previous agreement with the State's Attorney’s office should have kept a trial from happening in the first place. Uche told justices that ...

It is rare to get the Illinois Supreme Court to hear an appeal. Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche argument before the justices in Springfield focused on the agreement Smollett had with Cook County ...

In December the Appellate Court of Illinois agreed and voted 2-1 to uphold Smollett’s conviction. The court ruled despite the ...

Smollett’s lawyers argue his case should never have gone to trial because the actor had already entered into a binding ...

“Prosecutorial agreements that induce a defendant’s specific performance should be enforced irrespective of how unpopular a defendant is in the public eye,” Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche ...

He has served only six days of that sentence. Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche said his client’s case should never have gone to trial because there was an agreement between Smollett and the ...