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In the process of a post conviction appeal what does applicants application to supplement legal arguement mean?
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Answered on June 22, 2012
Impossible to know for sure without a lot more information. Your question is unclear, too. Are you asking about post-conviction proceedings in...
If a CI lies about making a controlled buy and pockets the cash, is that grounds for dismissal?
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Answered on June 22, 2012
Not at all obviously grounds for dismissal. Pay attention to Mr. Richman's analysis. You need an attorney on this case.
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In quincy, illinois... is it legal for the police to arrest someone on drug charges just off of hear say?
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Answered on June 22, 2012
It is unclear just what you mean, since the concept of "hearsay" exists only in a courtroom. If you are asking whether the police can make an...
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Does your lawyer have to ask you if you want a jury trial before deciding to take it to a jury trial.
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Answered on June 20, 2012
Plenty of defendants have ridden their constitutional rights all the way to the penitentiary. Yes, technically the right to choose between a bench...
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If you have filed a habeas corpus and it was granted where do you go from there?
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Answered on June 18, 2012
Federal habeas corpus or state?
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I asked a question about a mistrial. i was wondering if the better thing would be to appeal the jury ruling.
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Answered on June 17, 2012
A defendant convicted after a criminal trial has a right to appeal. Only an attorney with some degree of familiarity with the case can offer an...
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Trying to get an idea of how criminal/felony charges are handled in court. Arraignment, indidment, hearings, pre-hearings...?
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Answered on June 17, 2012
This may be more detailed and more technical than you want, but here is a link to a summary of Illinois criminal procedure that was intended as an...
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Convicted and sentenced to drug conspiracy over a year ago. can we still appeal? and what kind a lawyer should I look for???
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Answered on June 17, 2012
The significant part of your question is "sentenced in [20]10 the lawyer never appealed even though he said it was in the process." Nothing else...
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Is it ever allowed for a criminal defendant to file a motion to move the court, while being represented by an attorney.
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Answered on June 17, 2012
It is up to the judge whether to permit you to do that. I can only tell you that on the one occassion in my practice when a client insisted on...
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Are two witnesses that got caught with drugs, have criminal history and changed there story multiple times credible?
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Answered on June 17, 2012
That is a question for the jury, or the judge in a bench trial, to decide based on all of the evidence in the case. You can assume that the...
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