Daily Dicta: Lawyer Acquitted of Murder Sues for Malicious Prosecution—But Must Judge Recuse?
'The fact that a relative works at a law firm representing a party is not enough. There would need to be some aggravating circumstance, and there is none here,' the Seventh Circuit panel held.
February 26, 2020 at 12:07 AM
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"Golden boy."
That's how People Magazine described Quincy, Illinois lawyer Curtis Lovelace—a former college football star, school board president and state prosecutor.
That is, until he was charged in 2014 with murdering his wife Cory, who died unexpectedly eight years earlier. Prosecutors belatedly claimed Lovelace smothered his 38-year-old spouse with a pillow. He said she died of natural causes stemming from alcohol abuse and other health issues.
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