People v. JD
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. MG
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Client also had missed a court date and had an active warrant for his arrest. We were able to get the warrant quashed and recalled, and the case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. JP
Client was charged with multiple counts of Attempt Armed Robbery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Restraint. The alleged Victims claimed that our Client, along with 2 other Offenders, approached, displayed a handgun and announced "This is a robbery!" The Victims allegedly fled the scene while the Offenders discharged the firearm and chased after them. One of the Victims allegedly was caught, and beaten on the ground. The other Victim flagged down police officers. The Police toured the area and discovered our Client, and arrested him. We took our Client's case to trial. There was no identification of our Client. The Prosecution could not prove our Client was one of the Perpetrators of the crime because the alleged Assailants were wearing face masks and hoodies so no positive identification could be made. No gun was recovered. In fact, a GSR (gun shot residue) test was performed, and the results were negative for discharge of a firearm which is in direct contradiction to what the Victims claimed. Our Client did not have any proceeds from the alleged Robbery. There was no physical evidence connecting our Client to the crime and the verdict was NOT GUILTY!
People v. JP - Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Our Client was driving a vehicle thru and alley and was pulled over for allegedly using the alley as a thru-way. The Police claim that after giving them his driver's license and insurance, our Client allegedly told them "I have some dope on me." The Police ordered our Client out of the vehicle and recovered narcotics from his person. We were able to avoid a prosecution altogether and the charges were dismissed during the Preliminary Hearing Stages of the case.
People v. SH
Our Client was charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon - 1000 Feet of a Park. The Client was looking at 2-5 years in prison. We took the case to trial and the Police officer testified that a witness told her that she saw our Client playing with the gun at a park bench. Unfortunately, the report she wrote did not indicate that the witness saw the gun, but instead only "heard the slide rack." The Officer then allegedly sped her squad toward our Client at over 20 miles an hour in the park and was able to stop without skidding inches from our Client. Despite being told that our Client had a gun and testifying that she saw the gun while approaching in her vehicle, she did not draw her weapon for her own protection. Our Client was found Not Guilty.
People v. GS
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. CM
Client was charged with Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing
People v. AL
Our Client was charged with Felony Attempt First Degree Murder, Felony Aggravated Kidnapping, Felony Aggravated Battery and Felony Armed Robbery. Our Client was facing 21-45 years in prison for the Attempted Murder charge + 21-45 years for the Aggravated Kidnapping + 6-30 years for the Aggravated Battery + 21-45 years for the Armed Robbery for a total of 69-165 years in prison under mandatory consecutive sentencing in Illinois. It was alleged that our Client along with another individual were going to make a drug deal with the Victim. In exchange for a large amount of money, our Client was going to provide the Victim with a large amount of narcotics. Instead of making good on the deal, the Victim claimed that our Client pistol whipped him unconscious. Then our Client and another individual dragged, robbed and kidnapped the Victim in a van, and drove the Victim to a remote location on the West Side of Chicago. Once there, our Client helped drag the Victim out of the van, and the other individual shot the Victim in the head at point blank range. The Victim lived, and identified both our Client and the other individual to police as the perpetrators of this crime. The Prosecution had offered our Client a deal of 31 years in prison in exchange for a plea of guilty. We rejected that offer and took our Client's case to trial. THE VERDICT WAS NOT GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES!
People v. BE
Client was charged with a Class X - Manufacturing and Delivery of Ecstasy Pills. Our Client was on parole and faced over 4 years of further incarceration on the violation in addition to 6-30 years for the new case. The Police were executing a search warrant. Our Client allegedly fled and jumped out the window. The Police claimed that before jumping our Client dropped several Ecstasy Pills. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing, our Client's parole was not violated!
People v. RM
Our Client was charged with Felony Retail Theft and was facing 1 - 3 years in prison. Because our Client's family contacted us immediately after his arrest, we were able to appear in bond court and obtain house arrest for him instead of him sitting in the County. At the Preliminary Hearing we were able to convince the prosecution to reduce the charges to a misdemeanor and give our Client Time Considered Served for the 7 days he spend on house arrest. He couldn't believe it!
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