People v. Balfour
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People v. Balfour is the criminal case in which William Balfour was prosecuted for the 2008 murders of three members of singer Jennifer Hudson’s family in Chicago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| People v. Balfour canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11806765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: People v. Balfour Context triple: [William Balfour, notableCase, People v. Balfour]
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McPherson v. Blacker
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Berman v. Parker
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: People v. Balfour Target entity description: People v. Balfour is the criminal case in which William Balfour was prosecuted for the 2008 murders of three members of singer Jennifer Hudson’s family in Chicago.
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A.
People v. Pratt
People v. Pratt is the criminal case in which Black Panther Party member Geronimo Pratt was controversially convicted of murder in 1972, a verdict later vacated amid findings of prosecutorial misconduct and withheld exculpatory evidence.
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B.
Betts v. Brady
Betts v. Brady was a 1942 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held indigent defendants in state criminal cases were not automatically entitled to court-appointed counsel, a rule later overturned by Gideon v. Wainwright.
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C.
Guerin v. The Queen
Guerin v. The Queen is a landmark 1984 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the federal government’s fiduciary duty toward Indigenous peoples in its management of reserve lands.
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D.
McPherson v. Blacker
McPherson v. Blacker is an 1892 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state’s authority to determine how its presidential electors are chosen, affirming broad state control over the Electoral College selection process.
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E.
Berman v. Parker
Berman v. Parker is a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly interpreted the government’s power of eminent domain under the Fifth Amendment to allow property takings for comprehensive redevelopment and public-purpose projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal case
ⓘ
murder trial ⓘ |
| appealStatus | conviction affirmed on appeal ⓘ |
| bodyOfJulianKingFoundIn | abandoned SUV ⓘ |
| charge |
aggravated kidnapping
ⓘ
first-degree murder ⓘ home invasion ⓘ |
| cityOfOffense | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court | Circuit Court of Cook County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfMurders | October 24, 2008 ⓘ |
| defendant | William Balfour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Illinois
|
| legalSystem | United States criminal justice system ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national media attention ⓘ |
| methodOfKilling | shooting ⓘ |
| motiveAllegedByProsecution | domestic dispute related to estranged wife Julia Hudson ⓘ |
| notableConnection | family of singer Jennifer Hudson ⓘ |
| notableWitness | Jennifer Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paroleEligibility | no possibility of parole ⓘ |
| prosecutor | Cook County State’s Attorney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToJenniferHudson | brother-in-law GENERATED ⓘ |
| relationshipToVictimJuliaHudson | estranged husband GENERATED ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| stateParty | People of the State of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| verdict | guilty ⓘ |
| verdictDate | May 11, 2012 ⓘ |
| victim |
Darnell Donerson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfOffense | 2008 ⓘ |
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Subject: People v. Balfour Description of subject: People v. Balfour is the criminal case in which William Balfour was prosecuted for the 2008 murders of three members of singer Jennifer Hudson’s family in Chicago.
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