If an Appellate Opinion is not on the Appellate Court official site or in any other law reference, can it still be cited?

The Illinois Supreme Court website gives you access to two kinds of appellate court orders, the published opinions and the unpublished Rule 23...

Am I allowed to contact the State's Attorney to negotiate a plea on my own for a criminal traffic offense?

I agree with my colleagues. I write only to add that because a class B misdemeanor carries a potential sentence of county jail time, you are...

Charges are home invasion, domestic battery, criminal damage and a few others But this is a first offense, How long would jail t

Nobody can reliably predict the outcome of a criminal case, either the resolution of the charges or the sentence in the event of conviction. Your...

When fighting a first time unlawful use of a gun does the Offer from the state go up or down after the first offer?

It could be either depending on the circumstances. If your attorney is able to convincingly provide new information to the prosecutor that...

What are the steps that a victim has to take before filing a petition of writ certiorari ?

It is unlikely that any lawyer would be willing to get in the middle by trying to help a pro se litigant prepare a court filing. You will have to...

What does vacate previous order entered on today’s date granting states motion to Nolle pros file ?

This does not sound like an appeal question, so I took the liberty of changing the tag to "criminal defense", which seems a better fit. Okay . ....

It is both proper and normal to cite cases on appeal that were not cited to the trial court. Appellate lawyers do this all the time, and the...

Assignment to an appellate court is determined geographically. There are five appellate districts in the state. The first district hears appeals...

Will all charges be dropped if I was successful after I filed a motion to amend/summary judgement during an ex parte?

I am sorry but your question is terribly confusing. The situation you describe is unrecognizable to me and I have been involved in Illinois...

How to get a transfer ASAP

I doubt that there is any action that you yourself can initiate since you are neither the prisoner nor his attorney. Has your fiancé applied...