A deal's a deal, and that means Jussie Smollett's conviction in the hate crime hoax case is now reversed, and he cannot be tried again ... according to the Illinois Supreme Court.
's conviction in the hate crime hoax case is now reversed, and he cannot be tried again ... according to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Illinois' high court ruled Thursday that Jussie's deal with Cook County prosecutors -- when they originally dropped the case against him -- had to be honored. State's Attorneystruck a plea deal with the actor, requiring him to forfeit his $10,000 bond, and do 15 hours of volunteer community service.The court's ruling says because Jussie held up his end of the deal -- he actually did 18 hours of service -- he should not have been subject to a second prosecution.
In it's ruling the Illinois Supreme Court said,"Today we resolve a question about the State's responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants." In its decision the court said, simply,"the State is bound by the agreement."tells TMZ,"This was not a prosecution based on facts, rather it was a vindictive persecution and such a proceeding has no place in our criminal justice system.
It's worth noting the Supreme Court did not weigh in on the merits of the actual case against Jussie ... and, instead, only focused on the deal prosecutors struck with him.This case goes all the way back to January 2019, when Jussie initially claimed he'd been the victim of a hate crime -- 2 men shouted"This is MAGA country" and"Aren't you that fa***t n***a from 'Empire'" ...
's case. Remember, he was actually doing time in prison when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed his conviction, citing a deal prosecutors had struck to not prosecute him in exchange for him sitting for a deposition in theJussie Smollett Reads Matthew Perry's Memoir Amid Rehab Stint
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