Domenica A. Stephenson
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Domenica A. Stephenson is an associate judge on the Cook Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Chicago Police Department officers found not guilty of misconduct (2019)
On January 17, 2019, Stephenson found three officers of the Chicago Police Department not guilty on accused charges of covering up evidence during an investigation into a fatal shooting. Former Detective David March, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and Officer Thomas Gaffney had been charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and official misconduct following allegations that the three had sought to impede an investigation into the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by Officer Jason Van Dyke. Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on October 5, 2018. Because the three officers had requested a bench trial, the ruling was made by Judge Stephenson rather than a jury.[2]
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Footnotes
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois
State courts:
Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court
State resources:
Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois
