Re: Lying black Obama faggot Jussie Smollett asks Illinois high court to hear appeal of convictions for lying about hate crime

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CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court 
to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he 
staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about 
it to Chicago police.

His petition, filed Monday, asks the state's highest court to hear the 
case two months after an appeals court upheld his disorderly conduct 
convictions and sentence. In 2021, a jury convicted the “Empire” actor on 
five felony counts of disorderly conduct, a charge that can be filed in 
Illinois when a person is accused of lying to police.

He was sentenced to five months in jail, but was released pending appeal 
of his conviction and sentence. Smollett has maintained his innocence.

The state Supreme Court could take the case or let the lower court's 
decision stand.

“What should have been a straightforward case has been complicated by the 
intersection of politics and public outrage,” Smollett's attorneys wrote 
in Monday’s filing.

They repeated an argument from previous appeals saying his 2021 trial 
violated his Fifth Amendment protections against double jeopardy, or being 
punished twice for the same crime. They said he already performed 
community service and forfeited a $10,000 bond as part of a 2019 deal with 
the Cook County state’s attorney’s office to drop the initial 16 counts of 
disorderly conduct.

A grand jury subsequently restored charges against Smollett in 2020.

Smollett, who is Black and gay, had reported to police that he was the 
victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men wearing ski masks. The 
search for the attackers soon turned into an investigation of Smollett 
himself, leading to his arrest on charges he had orchestrated the whole 
thing.

Authorities alleged he paid the men whom he knew from work on “Empire,” 
which was filmed in Chicago. Prosecutors said Smollett told the men what 
slurs to shout, and to yell that he was in “MAGA Country,” a reference to 
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign slogan at the time.

In arguments before the Illinois Appellate Court last year, Smollett 
challenged the role of a special prosecutor, jury selection, evidence and 
other aspects of the case. But all were turned aside in a 2-1 opinion.

His request for a rehearing was denied last month.

https://news.yahoo.com/jussie-smollett-asks-illinois-high-193334747.html