7 results for 'judge:"Cobbs"'.
J. Cobbs finds that the lower court properly revoked defendant's pretrial release on misdemeanor charges of endangering the life of a child. Defendant got drunk while taking care of his child, allowing the child to get hold of a loaded gun and shoot himself in the foot. Then, while on pretrial release, he lied to officers about whether he had a gun when police responded to a domestic disturbance call. The court reasonably found that no condition of release such as electronic monitoring would prevent defendant from getting another gun. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Cobbs, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: 240211, Categories: Firearms, Bail
J. Cobbs finds that the lower court improperly found defendant guilty of possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The evidence presented at trial is "so unsatisfactory" that it creates reasonable doubt of defendant's guilty. Reversed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Cobbs, Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: 221875, Categories: Evidence, Vehicle
J. Cobbs finds that the lower court properly granted the state's motion to deny defendant pretrial release on the charge of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. Defendant is a four-time convicted felon and the state reasonably argues that his violent past coupled with his possession of a gun with a live round in the chamber and resisting arrest makes him a danger to the public. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Cobbs, Filed On: February 2, 2024, Case #: 232164, Categories: Bail
J. Cobbs finds that the lower court properly ordered the husband to continue paying the wife indefinite monthly maintenance payments because the husband failed to show the wife and her new boyfriend were de facto married. While the boyfriend spent some nights at the wife's home, there was no intermingling of financial resources or intention to make the relationship more serious. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Cobbs, Filed On: December 29, 2023, Case #: 230212, Categories: Family Law
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J. Cobbs finds that the lower court properly found the mother neglected her 16-year-old son. The mother was physically aggressive, failed to complete offered services, left him alone overnight on multiple occasions, and was verbally abusive to him due to the teen's sexual orientation. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Cobbs, Filed On: September 12, 2023, Case #: 230059, Categories: Family Law
J. Cobbs finds that the lower court properly denied the husband's motion to terminate the wife's maintenance payments because she entered into a relationship with another man. The wife was involved in an intimate dating relationship, but was not in a de facto marriage. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Cobbs, Filed On: June 20, 2023, Case #: 230236, Categories: Family Law