Yes, the state should contact you before the trial to prep you as witnesses. Call the office if you are concerned.

There has to be a court order for you to see discovery. A lot of things you can see but some you cannot.

Lots of issues here including those listed above. Do you have an address on her to serve her by the sheriff with papers is the first one. If not,...

Yes you should have been served but may have been served in the newspaper. Call the counties circuit clerk where he has lived and ask if there is...

Your mother has dementia now, right? Does the dr say she is currently competent to sign legal documents? It can only be notarized now if dr says...

All of those arguments should have been made to your lawyer before you were convicted. It is too late to raise them now.

You should be able to. You have at least 2 changes in circumstances. Take your papers to a local lawyer for detailed advice.

Hire a lawyer to make a deal with the state. You cannot waltz in and get your way when you have been on the lamb for 2 yrs.

In southern Illinois we have statuses but they are not substantive and are just about where are we at in the case. Have we sent discovery yet? ...

You should contact your lawyer about these issues or hire a local lawyer if you did not have one..............