Evanston, IL
Appeals Lawyer at Evanston, IL
Practice Areas: Appeals, Criminal Defense, Federal Crime
Typically the defendant would ask the court (either the trial court or the reviewing court depending on the status of the case) for appointment of...
If I understand the law in Illinois correctly, and I do not claim to be an expert on this question or to have researched it more than very...
No reason why not that I can see, so long as the federal statute of limitations period is still open.
Has your son asked the court for appointed counsel? If this is his initial direct appeal he should be entitled to it if he cannot afford to hire an...
Are you asking whether a judge would impose the maximum possible sentence upon a defendant convicted on an Alford plea? Maybe, maybe not. I would...
There are two issues here: whether a case is binding and whether it is persuasive. A case can be either, both or neither. United States...
Study your state annotated statutes to master the statute under which you are charged and the case law interpreting it. Understand what the...
The prosecutor has the power to drop the case at any time but will not normally do so without a good reason. The judge has limited power to...
I see some serious problems for your friend. Peugh is applicable only to a small number of cases decided since 2005 in the federal courts in...
Impossible to answer, as my colleagues have said, without knowing more about the case than could possibly be addressed within the confines of this...
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