I've been granted to have my record sealed. During this process the judge advised me that he wasn't sure if this would show on

If I understand your question correctly, a record that has been sealed will not show up on a background check of official records. In your...

Depends on the nature of the crime. An alibi may not be much help if, as your posting suggests, he is being charged under a conspiracy theory or...

I have a felony from 1992 and just found out that the STATES ATTORNEY has denied my expungement?

The State's Attorney did not deny your petition. Only the judge can grant or deny the petition. The State's Attorney has filed an objection,...

Can we change a lawyer?

A judge, either of the trial court or of any reviewing court, who has a business relationship with any lawyer in the case would have a conflict of...

If I am not eligible for my feloney expunged in Illinois, can it be sealed?

It is not a matter of felonies. Illinois does not expunge any convictions - with a very few recent exceptions. Many, but not all, misdemeanors...

Inside court disciplines and formalities

Nothing gets a judge angrier than to have parties or attorneys speak to each other before the bench. Protocol is that everything is said to the...

Can charges be dropped before trial if a weapon was tested for finger prints and none came back to the defendant?

There are, as my colleague pointed out, a number of questions that you have raised, and I will try to clarify a few of them. But the one ask is...

My fiance has an agg assault case against the police, just curious on why it's a different states attorney at court every time?

I agree with my colleagues about the different assistant state's attorneys assigned to every courtroom. In addition, assignments in the State's...

Dui.Rights violated? Whose the Criminals here?

I have never heard of the police sending a squad car to bring an attorney to a crime scene. A defendant's request for an attorney does not mean...

If federal grand jury return an indictment, will it stay active against the defendant all his life?

Yes the indictment remains valid, never lapses, and the defendant can be arrested and prosecuted a century from now, although other issues can...