2012 at 2:08 PM CHICAGO, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Chicago judge has denied a defense motion to toss out the arrest of William Balfour , who is charged with killing Jennifer Hudson 's mother, brother and nephew. Balfour is the estranged husband of the...

Attorneys for William Balfour had sought to throw out the arrest as well as evidence from a warrantless search. But Cook County Judge Charles Burns noted that police had learned shortly after the murders from witnesses that Balfour was frustrated over...

Balfour's lawyers claimed officers had no probable cause to believe he was a suspect and had not obtained a search warrant when they found him hours after the slayings hiding in his girlfriend's West Side apartment. But in denying the motion, Cook...

(AP) A judge has ruled that Chicago police acted properly when they arrested the estranged husband of singer Jennifer Hudson's sister in connection with the murder of three family members in 2008. Cook County Judge Charles Burns also ruled that items...

(AP) A judge has ruled that Chicago police acted properly when they arrested the estranged husband of singer Jennifer Hudson's sister in connection with the murder of three family members in 2008. Cook County Judge Charles Burns also ruled that items...

New details about the prosecution’s case against William Balfour emerged during a hearing in which the defense sought to quash the arrest and throw out evidence from a search, including a cell phone that detectives used to place Balfour near the murder...