In Illinois aggravated battery is a class 4 felony. It carries a penalty of one to three years in prison and a $25,000 fine. In some instances it can be upgraded to a class 2 felony with a seven year sentence. It is a serious crime. When people get arrested for aggravated battery they often don’t realize how severe the charges are. In a lot (but not all) of cases the defendant acted erratically and emotionally rather than rationally. Often it doesn’t truly hit people that they committed a crime until after they are booked.

Many people who a charged with battery are not career criminals. They are not used to being aggressively interrogated by law enforcement. They don’t listen when they are being read their Miranda rights. The police will tell you they are just trying to “sort things out” or “get to the bottom of what happened”. They are doing those things. They are doing them in order to charge you with a crime and send you to jail for a long time. Do not talk to law enforcement about what happened. Do not talk to anyone who was at the “scene of the crime”, including the person you allegedly committed the crime against. The point of arrest is where you need representation more than at any time of your life. You need an experienced criminal trial attorney who has fifteen years experience keeping people accused with aggravated battery out of jail. You need to call Robert J. Callahan immediately.

Robert J. Callahan has the experience necessary to get your story told. Most aggravated battery cases stem from a confrontation of some kind. The police often have a preconceived notion of who committed the crime before they get to the scene and arrest based on that assumption with the attitude that ‘you can tell that to the judge” if they are wrong. They usually take the side of the person who dialed 911. In most (if not all) verbal or physical altercations there are two sides to the story. Robert J. Callahan knows how to make judges and juries see your side of the tale. This leads to dismissals, not guilty verdicts and reduced sentences.