Legal Opinion
Day v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 9, 2009No. 1-08-1164PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
In 1994, the plaintiff Arnold Day was convicted of the 1991 murder of Gerrod Irving and is currently serving a 60-year prison sentence. Plaintiff maintains he was wrongfully convicted, alleging the only evidence linking him to Irving’s murder is a confession plaintiff gave to Chicago police department detectives Kenneth Boudreau and William Foley after he was physically tortured.
On May 3, 2007, plaintiff submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 (West 2006)) request to the Chicago Police Department, seeking:
“any and all documents prepared in connection with RD No. P223384,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Van Meter v. Darien Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 2003
- Van Meter v. Darien Park Dist.Illinois Supreme Court · 2003
- Lieber v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois UniversityIllinois Supreme Court · 1997
- Illinois Education Ass'n v. Illinois State Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 2003
- Baudin v. City of Crystal LakeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Kopchar v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
- Watkins v. McCarthyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2012
- National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers v. Chicago Police DepartmentAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
- Kalven v. The City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 2014
- Better Government Ass'n v. ZarubaAppellate Court of Illinois · 2014
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