Attorney William P. Wolf's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

People v. R.U.

Aug 11, 2012

OUTCOME: Verdict of Not Guilty

R.U. was accused of First Degree Murder in a gang shooting on the South Side of Chicago. Four eyewitnesses came forward pointing the finger at a gang member they knew, R.U. A fifth came forward and ide ... ntified R.U. as being involved in a shooting incident in the same area a week before. Wolf led a defense team arguing that of these people are gang members who never saw what happened, leading them to decide to finger the gang member who they hated the most, R.U. William Wolf cross-examined most of these witnesses, convincing a jury to return a verdict of Not Guilty.

Criminal defense

People v. T. M.

Jul 11, 2011

OUTCOME: Verdict of Not Guilty of First Degree Murder, Guilty of Second Degree Murder

T.M. was accused of First Degree Murder in a shooting out on a public street where friends of an unarmed young deceased man “returned fire.” In addition to this incident being captured by security came ... ra, T.M. gave five different stories to detectives in the course of an hour during a videotaped interrogation. William Wolf cross-examined these “friends” which revealed their violent tendencies, leading a jury to acquit T.M. of First Degree Murder, convicting him of the lesser offense of Second Degree Murder.

Criminal defense

People v. A.C.

May 01, 2011

OUTCOME: Verdict of Not Guilty of First Degree Murder, Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

A,C, was charged with first degree murder of his own 3 month old son. The case against him consisted of medical testimony from prosecution “experts” as well as a videotaped interrogation where A.C. adm ... itted to shaking his child on several different occasions. William Wolf personally cross-examined the State’s doctors on their findings. Wolf also questioned the detective on his interrogation methods that led to a false confession. After hearing experts from both sides and reviewing the tapes of the interrogation that showed the detective’s questionable methods, the jury acquitted A.C. of first degree murder, finding him guilty of the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter.

Criminal defense

People v. C.D.

May 01, 2010

OUTCOME: Finding of Not Guilty of First Degree Murder

C.D. was accused of being the shooter in a “drive by” shooting where a 15 year old gang member was killed. William Wolf led an investigation which strongly suggested that a Chicago Police detective led ... witnesses to selecting C.D. because the owner of the car in question that the detective apparently did not want to investigate was the son of a Chicago Police Officer. The defense discovered that the coaching for one “eyewitness” who was a gang member went so far as to stack the lineup C.D. stood in with members of the same gang as this eyewitness, except of course, C.D. Wolf’s cross-examinations of both witnesses and detectives led to a “Not Guilty” finding of First Degree Murder in a bench trial.

Criminal defense

People v. C.H.

Aug 01, 2009

OUTCOME: Finding of Not Guilty of First Degree Murder

C.H. was charged with beating a known drug dealer to death in the middle of the night on the West Side of Chicago. The State presented several witnesses that claimed to police that C.H. directly partic ... ipated in the beating. Wolf led the defense investigation which suggested that a specific Chicago Police detective took it upon himself to try to pressure witnesses to say that they saw C.H. As it turned out, some eyewitnesses were facing felony charges themselves and one eyewitness in particular that evidence known to this detective implicated her in the murder but was passed over and not written down in the detective’s reports since she was willing to name C.H. After uncovering this evidence, a heated bench trial took place where William Wolf was lead counsel. C.H. won a “Not Guilty” finding of First Degree Murder.

Criminal defense

People v. V.C.

May 01, 2009

OUTCOME: Verdict of Not Guilty

V.C. was accused of First Degree Murder of a woman in her parked vehicle who the State argued was tragically shot by V.C. while trying to kill people who were driving by in other vehicles. William Wolf ... and his co-counsel convinced the jury that there was crossfire from a person in one of those moving vehicles shooting at V.C. that possibly killed this girl instead. This led the jury to acquit V.C. of First Degree Murder.

Criminal defense

People v. R.B.

Apr 01, 2009

OUTCOME: Finding of Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity

R.B. was accused of First Degree Murder of her husband after stabbing him in the middle of the night. She called 911 and told the police that she stabbed him and that he’s dead. After investigating the ... case, Wolf learned she had a 29 year psychiatric history of schizophrenia where she had been in and out of facilities for many years. William Wolf led a defense team victory for R.B. with a finding after a bench trial of “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.”

Criminal defense

People v. Jerry Miller

Apr 23, 2007

OUTCOME: Jeremy Miller exonerated.

Jerry Miller was convicted in 1982 of rape based on eyewitness testimony from several witnesses, all who were wrong. In all, Jerry spent 25 years in prison for a crime someone else committed. Long afte ... r exhausting all of his appeals, Jerry sought the help of the Innocence Project of New York to clear him and help prove his innocence. William Wolf was recruited by the Innocence Project to serve as local counsel for Mr. Miller. William Wolf worked with the Innocence Project to find a laboratory to do DNA testing on the victim’s clothing that still existed decades later and then wrote and presented the motions with the Innocence Project to exonerate Jerry once the results clearing Jerry became known. Jerry Miller became the 200th DNA exoneration in the United States.

Criminal defense

People v. D.A.

Dec 01, 2006

OUTCOME: Verdict of Not Guilty of First Degree Murder, Guilty of Second Degree Murder

D.A. was accused of First Degree Murder by stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death. D.A. supposedly said to officers on the scene “We had an argument, I stabbed him, and I hope he dies!” D.A. later gave a v ... ideotaped statement to a detective and prosecutor that she stabbed him, and that he never hit her, kicked her, or did anything else physically to provoke the stabbing or require her to defend herself. William Wolf and his trial partner convinced a jury that she gave a false confession and that she stabbed him during a physical confrontation where she believed she was defending her life. The jury acquitted her of First Degree Murder, convicting her of the lesser offense of Second Degree Murder.

Criminal defense

People v. W.M.

Oct 01, 2004

OUTCOME: Verdict of Not Guilty of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault

W.M. was charged with Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child to his own 12 year old daughter. William Wolf led a defense team to a “Not Guilty” jury verdict presenting a case that his daughter wa ... s fabricating a story so she could live with her mother full time because she believed her father was too strict of a disciplinarian. William Wolf cross-examined the State’s medical expert to establish not only that the medical findings were consistent with other innocent explanation other than sexual assault, but also that their expert was biased in favor of saying that there is sexual abuse to a point that she was caught on cross-examination writing a misleading report that claimed that certain medical records were unavailable when in fact she had not yet asked for them before writing her report.

William P. Wolf's Legal Cases (11)

People v. R.U.

People v. T. M.

People v. A.C.

People v. C.D.

People v. C.H.

People v. V.C.

People v. R.B.

People v. Jerry Miller

People v. D.A.

People v. W.M.