The Illinois Supreme Court ruled 6-0 that without other suspicious circumstances, such as a driver failing to stop for some ...

The smell of burnt marijuana is no longer grounds to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

In a 6-0 ruling, the court found that cannabis laws in Illinois had evolved to the point that just catching a whiff of burnt ...

Reversing a previous ruling from before the legalization of marijuana, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the ...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in one of Chicago’s most closely followed low-level felony cases when ...

Smollett claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack near his Streeterville apartment in January 2019 after ...

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

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s attorneys took his case before the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday. Smollett was ...

Simply smelling burnt cannabis does not give a police officer the right to conduct a warrantless search of an automobile, the ...

An odor of burnt marijuana doesn’t justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois. That's the ruling Thursday from the Illinois Supreme Court.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday the smell of burnt cannabis alone is insufficient grounds for ...

The laws on cannabis have changed in such a drastic way as to render the smell of burnt cannabis, standing alone, ...