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ATTEMPT MURDER/ AGGRAVATED BATTERY CASES

Under Illinois law, crimes of violence carry extremely high penalties. If a defendant uses, or even displays, a gun during a battery, the penalty could increase by as much as 25 years in the penitentiary. In addition, for most of these crimes the law requires the person to serve as much as 85% of the sentence.

Court Wins

People v.  McCants - 09CR22172
Attempted Murder
NOT GUILTY  Markham Courthouse
Police accused our client of shooting a gun five times at someone's car. Prior to trial, the State's Attorney offered 12 years in prison if our client plead guilty to Attempt 1st Degree Murder. We took the case to Jury trial and proved that our client acted in self defense and the jury found our client Not Guilty of Attempted 1st Degree Murder.

People v.  Butler - 11MC1191364
Aggravated Assault and Harrassment
NOT GUILTY Chicago
Chicago Police accused our client of pointing a gun and threatening to kill a neighbor, and sending threatening messages on Facebook. At trial we proved the neighbor was lying and our client was found NOT GUILTY.


People v.  Leslie - 10CR1158
Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer
DISMISSED  Chicago transferred to Skokie Courthouse
Chicago Police arrested our client for driving under the influence. While processing her in the 14th District, Chicago Police beat her and dislocated her shoulder, then claimed that our client committed the aggravated battery. The case was transferred to Skokie, and we set it for trial. We were able to convince the State's Attorney to dismiss the felony charges.


People v.  Woods - 09CR-13367
Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer
NOT GUILTY  26th and California
Chicago Police claimed that our client pushed and shoved an officer who was trying to disperse a crowd. Because an officer was involved, the case was elevated to a felony battery. We took the case to trial and proved to the Judge that our client was not at fault. The Judge agreed and found our client not guilty.

People v.  Austin - 08CR-22921
Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer
NOT GUILTY  26th and California
Chicago Police were called to our client's home regarding a domestic disturbance. Once arriving at the house, police accused our client, a sixty-four year-old grandmother, of hitting and pushing one of the officers. The State's Attorney refused to drop the case, so we took the case to a JURY TRIAL. The Jury thought the three officers that testified were all lying, and found our client Not Guilty.

People v.  Lawrence - 06CR-7038
Aggravated Battery to a Child
NOT GUILTY  Skokie Courthouse
Chicago Police accused our client of beating a baby into a coma and causing severe injuries. The State's doctor testified that the injuries indicated abuse. Our research and witnesses proved our client was innocent. The Judge disregarded the testimony of the State's expert doctor witness and found our client Not Guilty.

People v.  Thomas - 05CR-13224
Attempt 1st Degree Murder
NOT GUILTY  Chicago (transferred to Bridgeview Courthouse)
Chicago Police accused our client of shooting a person five times. The victim was a childhood freind of our client, and identified him as the shooter. When the police found our client, they found the gun used to shoot the victim on our client's person. We knew the victim made up the story, and was actually shot by someone else. We also knew that the police put the gun on our client. We took the case to Jury Trial and our clinet was found NOT GUILTY on all charges.


People v. Fonseca - 2005
Armed Violence/Agg. Battery Cl. X,
NOT GUILTY  Maywood Courthouse
The Defendants were accused of stabbing the complaining witness multiple times with a knife.  This was a case of self-defense. We located witnesses and subpoenaed them to court.  After a three day trial, there was a finding of not guilty.