PRIVACY

Illinois Supreme Court rulings address FOID seizures, hospital room privacy

September 25, 2024 | By HANNAH MEISEL AND JERRY HANCOCK, CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court ruling and reinstated a statute that authorizes the state to revoke a person’s Firearm Owners Identification card once they’ve been charged with a felony, even if they haven’t yet been convicted. The case involved Aaron and Charles Davis, a father and son who were charged…

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Illinois Supreme Court considers expectation of privacy in hospitals

May 15, 2024 | By DILPREET RAJU AND ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – While Cortez Turner was in a hospital room being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg in 2016, police took his clothes. Now, the Illinois Supreme Court is weighing whether that action violated Turner’s expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment. The arguments in the case were among several heard by the…

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