People v. A.C.
Jun 30, 2017OUTCOME: 18 months IDOC (day for day) 9 months actual time.
Defendant was charged in a criminal drug conspiracy. He was facing a minimum of 15 years.
Chicago, IL
Federal crime Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Federal Crime, Criminal Defense ... +2 more
OUTCOME: 18 months IDOC (day for day) 9 months actual time.
Defendant was charged in a criminal drug conspiracy. He was facing a minimum of 15 years.
OUTCOME: Reduced to misdemeanor with 12 months supervision.
Defendant charged with Aggravated Battery to Police Officer. Police testified my client struck an officer multiple times about the head and body with his fists.
OUTCOME: Settled $250,000.00
This case involved a cab driver who ran over a pedestrian's foot fracturing his ankle. The case settled during jury trial.
OUTCOME: Non-guideline sentence
When my office first accepted this case after the client fired his prior lawyer, Defendant was facing 210 months in the BOP for distribution of actual methamphetamine and selling a gun. He also was a ... criminal history category V. The client also faced the likelihood that his federal sentence would run consecutively to a 65 month state sentence on a separate weapons conviction. I was able to persuade the court to sentence defendant to 124 months. I was also able to persuade the court to order that the federal and state sentences be served concurrently.
OUTCOME: Non-Guideline non-mandatory minimum sentence
Defendant was facing two federal cases, one for distribution of methamphetamine and one for possession of narcotics and possession of a handgun. I was defendant's fifth attorney. When I took his case h ... e was facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and was scheduled to be sentenced. I was able to re-open negotiations with the government and secure a 7 1/2 year sentence - half the sentence he had been facing. At the time of sentencing defendant had only 20 months left on his sentence.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed
Defendant was facing drug and gun charges. The court granted defendant's motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence based on 4th Amendment violations.
OUTCOME: Non-Guideline sentence
Defendant was a member of a heroin conspiracy that resulted in multiple deaths. She was facing a guideline range of 37 to 46 months in the Bureau of Prisons. Defense counsel persuaded the Court to give ... the defendant a non-Guideline sentence of 26 months.
OUTCOME: Non-Guideline Sentence
Defendant was a career offender facing a minimum of 151 months after committing a bank robbery while on mandatory supervised release for a prior bank robbery. The defense successfully argued that defen ... dant suffered from diminished capacity and utilized the recent changes in the law with regard to supervised release to argue for a substantial departure from the Guidelines of 67 months.
OUTCOME: Non-Guideline sentence
Defendant was the leader of large heroin distribution organization. The government originally sought a sentence of 262 months. Counsel obtained sentence of 120 months, the mandatory minimum for the cri ... me.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Defendant charged with Gun Running and 16 counts of Aggravated UUW was facing a minimum of 10 years in jail. Defendant elected to go to trial.