Tim Dodge
Assistant Appellate Defender Maria A. Harrigan speaks to the Illinois Supreme Court Justices during the People v. Flournoy arguments. In People v. Flournoy, the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder in 1991 but argued there was new evidence and wanted to move towards a new trial. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to correct an error where Marshall of the Illinois Supreme Court Don Larson was improperly identified as Marshall James Cimarossa, who was not present at the event.
DeKALB –The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases Thursday at NIU while riding the circuit. Students and faculty from NIU and local schools crowded in to the Duke Ellington Ballroom within the Holmes Student Center by the hundreds for the event.