Can prison be avoided at all?

Well, obviously you avoid prison if you take the case to trial and are acquitted. But I take it whether you are asking whether there is some...

When will I be able to pass a background check?

In my experience you will receive a compliance letter from the clerk of the circuit within a week or so verifying that your court records have been...

Expunge retail theft successfully completed supervision?

Do not assume that having your records expunged will absolve you of the obligation to disclose your cases to the Board of Professional Registration...

How can you stay collection of a civil judgment on appeal without posting a bond?

Illinois Supreme Court Rule 305(a) allows for posting of security other than a bond, but in my quick review of the recently amended rule I did not...

Bond hearing?

Probably just the way in which the court's web site is set up, but you should know that in Illinois the matter of bond can reconsidered at any time...

If a violation of (720 ILCS 5/12-6) [intimidation] occurred in email, which police dept do I report it to?

It doesn't matter that much which department you notify initially. The police will make the decision which department will handle it. But I agree...

Your situation is not that unusual. Defendants do hire private counsel, exhaust the funds they have available, and become eligible to have counsel...

Have the U.S. Supreme Court ever modified the conviction for especially aggravated robbery to conviction for aggravated robbery?

That sounds like a state law question that would not be appropriate for consideration by the United States Supreme Court. In many states the...

Will I be able to go for a couple weeks out of state?

None of my Ohio colleagues has mentioned this, so perhaps it is not a factor in your state. In many states it is a standard condition of bond or...

Best way to cover an appeal.

Appeal proceedings and trial court proceedings are two very different and potentially major and time-consuming projects. It might not make much...