People v. FG
Client was sitting in his vehicle. The police claimed the Client threw a bag of drugs on the floor of the Client's car right in front of the police officer. The police arrested our client for Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance and wrote a parking ticket and confiscated our Client's license. All the charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing, including the traffic charges. Our client was released and his license was returned without so much as a fine.
People v. MH
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claim to have seen our Client engage in a hand to hand transaction. They allegedly recovered narcotics and arrested our Client. The charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. IL
Our Client was placed on Felony Probation for a period of 24 months. Our Client had asked us to petition the Court to have his probation terminated early so that he may leave the State to follow a job opportunity, and otherwise move on with his life. We were able to successfully convince the Judge to terminate his probation early.
People v. JG
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of Cannabis within 1000 feet of a school. The Police allegedly pulled our Client's vehicle over because of broken taillights. They claimed our Client didn't have a driver's license. As a result they arrested him, and searched his person. While searching our Client, the Police allegedly recovered 25 bags of cannabis from his pocket. All of the charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. SE
Our Client was charge with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claimed that our Client was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk causing pedestrians to jump out of the way. After our Client saw the Police, he decided to get off of his bike and flee on foot. The Police alleged that after a brief foot chase, they were able to place our client into custody. However, they also claimed that while our Client was running he dropped 25 bags of heroin. The Police also claim that our Client made a statement: "Man all right! You got me! That's my shit! That's how I do my living...I just started this hustle." All charges were dropped at the Preliminary Hearing!
People v. CL
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Police claimed that they pulled our Client over for not wearing his seatbelt. They allegedly saw a syringe on our Client's lap while they were speaking with him through the window. The Police suspected that the syringe contained heroin. Our Client allegedly admitted that it did in fact contain heroin and he was arrested. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. KL
Client was charged with Armed Robbery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Restraint. The Client was facing 21-45 years in prison. It was alleged that our Client and another individual robbed a man at gun point at the train station and stole his I-Phone. The Police used the GPS feature on phone to track it to a cell phone store miles away. When the Police arrived the store owner said two individuals were just trying to sell the phone but were unable to unlock it. Although the assailants had already left, the store was able to provide the police officers with a video that allegedly depicted our Client attempting to sell the phone. We took the case to trial and were victorious with a Not Guilty Verdict.
People v. KS
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Firearm with a Defaced Serial Number. He was facing up to 5 years in prison. Officers alleged that our Client got out of the passenger side of a car that had tinted windows was missing a front license plate. The Police approached for a field interview and performed a protective patdown of our Client for Officer safety. During the patdown, the Officer claimed he immediately felt a gun and knew it to be a gun based on his prior police experience. They also claimed that our Client admitted to finding the gun in a bush. During Preliminary Hearing, we argued that the State did not prove that our Client knew the serial numbers were scratched off and, therefore, the charges should be dismissed. The Judge agreed. All the charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. DH
Our Client was charged with Felony Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon in a School. It was alleged that our client participated in a plan to bring a loaded gun into a Chicago Public High School. A fire alarm was pulled which allowed our Client to leave the building and return with a loaded handgun. Because of the amount of people returning into the building, no one was required to pass thru the metal detector. Our Client allegedly told another student that he had brought a gun into the building. This student notified school personnelle who detained our Client. The police were called and a search of our Client revealed that he did indeed have a loaded gun in his possession. We tried to Suppress the gun, but the Judge denied our Motion. However, we were able to work out a deal for time considered served. Our Client dressed in and out!
People v. FW - Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon
Our Client was charged with Felony Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon. The police were serving a search warrant on our Client's home. Our Client was not the target of that search warrant. However, the police claimed that when the entered our Client's bedroom, he was sitting straight up with his eyes closed and a loaded gun in his lap. We did not get hired until after the Preliminary Hearing Stages of the case. However, we were able to successfully negotiate a deal with the prosecution to for time considered served, a reduction of the felony charges to a misdemeanor. Another felony conviction avoided.
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