People v. TW - Felony Armed Robbery With a Firearm
Our Client was charged with Felony Armed Robbery with a Firearm. He was facing 21 - 45 years in prison. It was alleged that our Client was involved in a plot to rob the victim. Our Client allegedly drove the victim to a secluded location where another individual entered the vehicle, pistol whipped and robbed the victim at gunpoint. The victim was then given a chance to run away. Our Client was later identified as being the driver at the robbery. We took our Client's case to trial and won. NOT GUILTY!
People v. AW
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. Police Officers claimed to have seen our Client engage in a conversation with an individual, accept cash from the individual and tender that individual an unknown item. As Arresting Officers approached, our Client allegedly tossed two zip lock baggies with black spade logos to the ground. The Police recovered those baggies and they tested positive for heroin. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing!
People v. CB
Client was charged with Felony Manufacturing and Delivery of 30 - 500 Grams of Cannabis. He was facing up to 5 years in prison. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. MG
Our Client was charged with Felony Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault. If convicted, our Client was facing up to 40 years in prison. The Victim alleged that the perpetrator approached from behind while she was entering her building on her way home from work. The assailant allegedly robbed the Victim at gunpoint taking her purse. After taking her purse, the Victim alleged that perpetrator unzipped his pants and forced his penis into her mouth. After forcing the Victim to perform oral sex, it was alleged that the offender demanded that the Victim remove her panties. While distracting the perpetrator, the Victim screamed for help from her neighbors, and the perpetrator fled the scene. Although the Victim identified our Client as the offender in this case, her story fell apart under cross examination and close scrutiny. The Victim never told the initial responding police officers about the alleged sexual assault. When pressed on this issue, the Victim claimed that she did tell the officers about the sexual assault, but they ignored her and refused to document it. The Victim never sought medical attention for the alleged sexual assault. The Victim's story was contradicted at critical points by her neighbor. After a vigorous trial, there could only be one verdict: NOT GUILTY!
People v. CW
Our Client was charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Convicted Felon. The Police had a search warrant for our Client's house. When the police arrived they found that there was a party going on at the house. There were allegedly 30 - 50 people present including our Client. After detaining everyone, the police searched the house and claimed to find a handgun in the kitchen and bullets in the bedroom. We took our Client's case to trial. We argued that there was no way the police could show who the gun and who the bullets belonged to. We argued that "a 1 and 50 chance that our Client possessed either the bullets or the gun is NOT proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt!" The judge agreed. Our Client was found not guilty on all counts!
People v. GS
Client was charged with Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. The case was dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing Stages.
People v. DJ
Our Client was charged with Felony Possession of Cannabis. The Police alleged that our Client was sitting in a vehicle with the windows rolled down. They claim they could smell a strong odor of cannabis coming from the vehicle. They also claim that they were able to see a joint in plain view. After placing our Client in custody, a search of the vehicle revealed additional cannabis in the center console. All charges were dismissed at the Preliminary Hearing.
People v. BR
Our Client was charged with a Felony Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License. He was facing 2 - 5 years in prison because he had previously been convicted of Driving on a Revoked or a Suspended License on 9 prior occasions. The Police claim that they witnessed our Client driving a vehicle and fail to properly use his turning signal. After pulling him over, the police learned that Our Client's license was suspended for a prior DUI and that he had 9 previous convictions for driving on a suspended license. We were able to negotiate the minimum time of 2 years for our Client. Although this outcome may not seem like a success, it demonstrates that a person's background can have a strong negative effect on the outcome of the case. We really had no grounds to argue for probation for our Client when he had 9 prior convictions for the same thing, plus Felony Burglary and Felony Theft convictions. The minimum prison time really was the best deal our Client could get. The good news is that we successfully argued to have more than half of the time credited because of time our Client spent on Electronic Monitoring. Our Client will get out before the end of the year!
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!
People v. AJ
Our Client was charged with Class X - Felony Armed Violence, Multiple Counts of Felony Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Felony Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver. Our Client was facing a minimum mandatory prison sentence of 15 years up to 30 years. It was alleged that our Client was pulled over for a couple of minor traffic violations. Upon approach, the officers observed a gun on our Client's lap. As they continued their investigation, the officers realized that our Client was in a security uniform. When asked for his armed security credentials, our Client presented some of the credentials, but not all of them, and one item was expired. Even though the one card our Client had on his person was expired, he was issued a valid card that wasn't expired - he just didn't have it on him. The police arrested him anyways. They made no attempt to contact the Illinois State Police. They made no attempt to contact the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. They made no attempt to contact our Client's employer. After arresting our Client, removing him from his vehicle and placing him in handcuffs, the police then went back and searched our Client's car. This search revealed cannabis and a scale inside of a closed backpack. We filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence. During the hearing on the Motion, we argued that the police were not allowed to go back and search our Client's vehicle after they arrested our Client and removed him from the vehicle. The Judge agreed and granted our Motion. The cannabis, scales and everything else which was recovered from the car was suppressed. As a result, the state could not prevail on the Armed Violence charge or the Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Deliver charge. We took the rest of our Client's case to trial and argued that he had all the necessary credentials to possess the loaded firearm. All the police had to do was spend about a minute on a cell phone to verify our Client's credentials (either calling the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation or looking our Client's credentials up on the IDPR website). The Verdict was NOT GUILTY ON ALL OF THE REMAINING COUNTS!!!
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