Is a officer allowed to take your license away for speeding?

Unless you have a bond card that you can give the officer, the normal practice is to take your license as bond. Your ticket serves as your...

Are injunctions or sanctions granted for frivilous filing of appeal cases?

My experience has been that the appellate courts in Illinois do not like to impose sanctions and are generally not happy to see motions for...

The obligations that you and your attorney have to each other are determined by whatever agreement you made for representation. Absent a...

Can can you still get charged with armed robbery if you snatch food from someone while the one person throws bleach on them?

Everybody involved in this incident could be charged with some extremely serious felony offenses, including but not limited to armed robbery and...

My 25 yr old daughter allowed 2 men (21 and 22) to sleep at our home. What would be the charge for one refusing to leave?

Under the circumstances you describe the State's Attorney might be unwilling to file any criminal charge at all. The only way to find out is to...

How can I get a federal felony for "Delay of mail" in illinois expunged? Is been about 6-7 years and I served no jail time

If your posting is accurate and you do indeed have a federal criminal conviction it cannot be expunged.

What happens if I testify for my codefendent?

Since you are under a court order you should not be speaking to your co-defendant. I would be inclined to say that you may speak to her lawyer,...

Many PD offices have a conflicts unit or some other formally separated division for handling cases in which multiple defendants with potential...

How can I get my expunged record vacated?

Conviction records cannot be expunged in Illinois (with two seldom applicable exceptions) so if your records respecting a felony charge have been...

Is there a way to pay an attorney to look over my appeal to give me his/her thoughts?

Your brief is already filed by the attorney who is representing you? Then what is the point of asking another attorney to look at it now? Do you...