SPRINGFIELD — The state agency that provides lawyers for defendants who can’t afford them has filed an emergency petition with the state’s highest court to overturn a Springfield judge’s order to take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that every person has a constitutional right to free ...

QUINCY — The Springfield man charged in connection with a November 2021 carjacking and home invasion in Adams County wants to dismiss his public defender. Bradley S. Yohn made the request during a ...

SPRINGFIELD — In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that every person has a constitutional right to free legal representation in criminal cases, including poor people who are ...