Before the State of Illinois can formally charge someone with a felony one of two things must first happen: either a finding a probable cause by a preliminary hearing judge or a true bill of indictment from a grand jury.
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Preliminary Hearings and the Grand Jury – What They Are & When They Are Used
Before the State of Illinois can formally charge someone with a felony one of two things must first happen: either a finding a probable cause by a preliminary hearing judge or a true bill of indictment from a grand jury.
Stay Away From Felony Court! Advice I Should Have Taken?
Early on in my former Chicago practice I was sitting one morning in misdemeanor court on West Flournoy street with a few other lawyers as we waited to have our cases called. Sitting next to me was an older lawyer
Stay Away From Felony Court! Advice I Should Have Taken?
Early on in my former Chicago practice I was sitting one morning in misdemeanor court on West Flournoy street with a few other lawyers as we waited to have our cases called. Sitting next to me was an older lawyer
A Lazy Detective and an Innocent Man Arrested
I once in Chicago represented a young man arrested and charged with murder. The murder happened after a failed car jacking in the south side neighborhood of Gage Park.The entire case was a police fabrication and I knew it. How
A Lazy Detective and an Innocent Man Arrested
I once in Chicago represented a young man arrested and charged with murder. The murder happened after a failed car jacking in the south side neighborhood of Gage Park.The entire case was a police fabrication and I knew it. How
The Case That Couldn't Be Won…But Was
This is an old blog post I wrote when I was still practicing in Chicago. This was a very unique case. I was just 40 years-old trying a career case that was like pitching game seven of The World Series
The Case That Couldn’t Be Won…But Was
This is an old blog post I wrote when I was still practicing in Chicago. This was a very unique case. I was just 40 years-old trying a career case that was like pitching game seven of The World Series
Defendant Has The Burden to Prove Mitigating Factors in 2nd Degree Murder
I found a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision interesting. The court in People v. Manning addressed an interesting issue….whether jurors’ inability to unanimously agree upon whether a mitigating factor exists, for purposes of second-degree murder, results in a finding of
Defendant Has The Burden to Prove Mitigating Factors in 2nd Degree Murder
I found a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision interesting. The court in People v. Manning addressed an interesting issue….whether jurors’ inability to unanimously agree upon whether a mitigating factor exists, for purposes of second-degree murder, results in a finding of