Judge Reversed Three Times In Four Months After Sentencing On Heroin Charges
From the Madison County Record
Fifth District appellate judges reversed former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook three times in four months after his sentencing on heroin charges.
In two cases they ruled that Cook failed to give proper consideration to motions from prisoners claiming ineffective assistance of counsel.
In a third case they found he committed an error by ruling that a suspect reasonably expected privacy in a neighbor’s garage.
In another case they didn’t reverse Cook but they found he created confusion that added three years to a defendant’s term of supervised release.
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From the Madison County Record
Fifth District appellate judges reversed former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook three times in four months after his sentencing on heroin charges.
In two cases they ruled that Cook failed to give proper consideration to motions from prisoners claiming ineffective assistance of counsel.
In a third case they found he committed an error by ruling that a suspect reasonably expected privacy in a neighbor’s garage.
In another case they didn’t reverse Cook but they found he created confusion that added three years to a defendant’s term of supervised release.
Read more in our daily News Update...