CRIMINAL CASE

Grant or denial of a continuance is in the discretion of the judge. The sooner you get into court the more likely it is that the judge will allow...

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State court jury returned a verdict of guilty for Class B felony theft of Series EE U.S. Savings Bonds, registered in my name.

I assume that all of these issues were raised and argued before the state court judge and were resolved against you after whatever briefing and...

I need to expunge

If your "mistake" took the form of a criminal conviction in Illinois you will probably not be able to get it expunged. Until recently no Illinois...

My attoney wont fight for me

I don't see the problem. You don't like working this attorney, and the attorney apparently does not want to work with you anymore, either. So...

For sure, yes. This is a public internet forum, not a confidential legal consultation, something many of our posters do not seem to understand. ...

How do I get compensation of items stolen in a burglary?

If there is still a criminal case pending you could talk to the State's Attorney's office about the possibility of asking for restitution. Other...

What are the Illinios statute of limitaions on theft from your work?

We get statute of limitations questions here all the time, and in my opinion they are very dangerous. It is impossible to determine the...

EVIDENCE

In general the answer should be yes, of course it can be used. Why would you think otherwise? But rulings on admissibility of evidence are always...

Appeals

There is no way we can offer an opinion on the basis of a trial record that we have never seen. Nobody who has not reviewed the entire record and...

UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR BY STATES ATTORNEY in CRIMINAL CASE

Don't lose focus. Your goal is to avoid a criminal conviction, not to become the State's Attorney's prosecutor. Forget that and you may do...