A court order issued Wednesday sent Jussie Smollett home from the Cook County Jail to await the outcome of his appeal of his conviction for faking a hate crime.
And indeed, roughly two-thirds of criminal appeals take two or more years to work their way through the First Appellate District, the state’s busiest appeals court. Cases where defendants face far longer time than Smollett’s sentence routinely serve out their sentences before they get a ruling.
Smollett’s and his legal team may believe the actor is innocent and his trial last year rife with critical errors. But even if they can’t convince a higher court they’re right, Smollett might not end up back in jail, experts say.Former 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett received 30-months probation Thursday, and the first 150 days must be spent in Cook County Jail for staging a racist and homophobic attack and lying to Chicago police in 2019.
Smollett also was ordered to pay restitution to the city of Chicago totaling $120,000 — the balance of the cost of the 2019 police investigation that began when Smollett reported he’d been attacked — but Richards said that typically would not come due until the end of his sentence. "It’s an interesting question, and the argument might be that Judge Linn wanted Smollett to serve 150 days and the court might try to let him," Richards said. "But generally, if you appeal your case, you can’t get more time."
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