Rule 311 - Accelerated Docket (a) Mandatory Accelerated Disposition of Child Custody or Allocation of Parental Responsibilities or Relocation of Unemancipated Minors Appeals.

Disclosure of an informant's identity shall not be required where his identity is a prosecution secret and a failure to disclose will not infringe the constitutional rights of the accused. Disclosure shall not be denied hereunder of the identity of witnesses to be produced at a hearing or trial.

Rule of Professional Conduct 3.1 “A lawyer shall not bring or defend a proceeding, or assert or controvert an issue therein, unless there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous, which includes a good-faith argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law.”

Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today the amendment of Rule 415, which will allow attorneys to provide a copy of discovery to a defendant unless good cause is shown why the discovery should not be furnished to the defendant.

Upon a motion by defendant's attorney the court shall allow the furnishing of discovery to the defendant unless the State objects, at which time the court shall weigh the benefit to the defense against any potential harm or danger raised by the prosecution and enter an appropriate order.

R. 411. These rules shall be applied in all criminal cases wherein the accused is charged a felony, and all juvenile delinquency cases wherein the accused is charged with an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult.

Rule 137 - Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Documents-Sanctions (a) Signature requirement/certification. Every pleading, motion and other document of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in his individual name, whose address shall be stated.