Attorney Michael Joseph Levinsohn's Legal Cases

Criminal defense

People v. AA

Oct 19, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Chicago Police Officers Hammermeister and Stuckert pulled our client over in the area of Grand and Chicago Avenue for not having his headlights on. The Officer Hammermeister claimed to have seen our c ... lient making furtive movements. The officers took our client out of the car, searched his car and found 380 Lorcin handgun from under the passenger seat. After a motion to suppress evidence, we cited to U.S. v. Johnson a 7th Circuit Case and proved to the judge that the search was illegal. The evidence was thrown out and the case was dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. MW

Oct 15, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Our client was driving in the area of Monroe and Kilpatrick when Chicago Police Officers Chatys and Zarbock pulled him over for not wearing his seatbelt. Officer Chatys claimed that out client made fu ... rtive movements and had him and the other 5 people in the car get out. Then instead of giving him a ticket for no seatbelt, Officer Peraino arrived on scene and searched our client and claimed to have found 18 packages of heroin. At a hearing, Attorney Levinsohn cited People v. Vernon Smith in order to have the evidence thrown out because of an illegal search by the police. Case dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. N.O.

Oct 08, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Our client was falsely charged with exposing himself while in the strip mall at 87th & State in Oak Lawn. The state was unable to produce any evidence of this offense while we answered ready for trial ... . The case was dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. AJ

Aug 21, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Officer Gentile of the Lamont police department pulled over a vehicle in which our client was a passenger. The officer started questioning our client without any reason. He claims that he then found ... Vicodin pills on him. At a preliminary hearing we proved that there was no probable cause and the case was dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. Robinson

Aug 18, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Chicago Police Officers Hoffman and Savage detained our client after he pulled into a tire shop on Division near Cicero. Officer Savage told the judge that he heard a radio transmission of a person wi ... th a gun in the area. At a motion to suppress evidence, Attorney Levinsohn proved that the officers had no right to search our client’s car and the gun found was suppressed. The case was dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. D.O.

May 11, 2015

OUTCOME: Not Guilty

Chicago Police Officer Wells attempted to pay a complaining witness to say that our client shot at the complainant. Shots were fired in the area of 75th and Union. Police barged into an apartment and ... arrest our client based on false information. In addition there was no evidence that our client was ever in the get away vehicle or that he ever fired a gun. At trial we showed the judge that the officer tried to bribe the witness and the case was thrown out. Not Guilty.

Criminal defense

People v. DW

Mar 06, 2015

OUTCOME: Not Guilty

Our client was in an argument with his girlfriend at her apartment at 13037 S. Daniel Drive in Chicago. The mother of the girlfriend called for housing security. The officers chased our client and sa ... w him drop a gun. Chicago Police Officers Lopez and Guervara came to the scene and arrested him. At trial, we proved that our client was not on CHA land, possessed a firearm owners identification card, and through the testimony of his girlfriend we showed that he did not hit or push her.

Criminal defense

People v. Rodgers

Feb 11, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

My client was driving home late at night during the winter on 139th Street in Dixmoor. Because of poor driving conditions his car went off the road into a snow bank and was towed to the police station ... . When my client arrived at the station Officer Sahloul wanted search his vehicle. The officer had the tow truck operator break into the car where a felony amount of marijuana was found. At a motion to suppress, we proved that Officer Shloul had no right to search the vehicle. The case was dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. KA

Feb 04, 2015

OUTCOME: Dismissed

Chicago Police Officers Hammermeister and Stuckert pulled our client’s husband over in the area of Grand and Chicago Avenue for not having his headlights on. As the officers approached the car, they c ... laimed to have seen our client put a plastic bag into her jacket pocket. Officer Hammermeister then took our client out of the passenger seat of the car and searched her. After citing to People v. Cesar Garcia we persuaded the judge to throw out the case based on an illegal search. Case dismissed.

Criminal defense

People v. Overton

Jan 06, 2015

OUTCOME: Reduced to Misdemeanor

Our client was accused of participating in a beating and a robbery in Dolton. They claimed that he used a Taser to injury another person and then rob that person of her phone which was found in his ja ... cket pocket. I found the complaining witness and video taped a statement from her that exonerated our client of the battery and robbery. He pleaded guilty to theft of lost property and received 1 day time considered served.

Michael Joseph Levinsohn's Legal Cases (16)

People v. AA

People v. MW

People v. N.O.

People v. AJ

People v. Robinson

People v. D.O.

People v. DW

People v. Rodgers

People v. KA

People v. Overton