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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |