CERTIFICATE OF RELIEF FROM DISABILITY & GOOD CONDUCT: WHEN CLEMENCY, EXPUNGEMENT, OR SEALING JUST WON’T WORK Governor Rauner may want to bring back the Death Penalty, but for convicted felons looking to get right with society, he’s practically a 21st century Lincoln. In 2017, he removed the “conviction” prohibition for expungements and enacted the broadest, […]
CERTIFICATE OF RELIEF FROM DISABILITY & GOOD CONDUCT, clemency, Expungement, SEALING Do the Chicago police need a search warrant to enter a home? Robert J Callahan: Absolutely they need a search warrant to come in your house. Does that mean they’re not going to come in your house if you confront them with the fact that they don’t have a search warrant? Not necessarily. We’re […]
Rolling down the street smokin indo, gettin a D. U. I…. laid back (with my mind on my lawyer, and my lawyer on my mind)… Snoop D.O.DBLFREEME Despite marijuana’s growing popularity across the nation and relative decriminalization in Illinois, getting high and driving is, and has been for decades, illegal. Until very recently, though, […]
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Wrong. (For the most part.) There are times when you can be too drunk or high to knowingly waive your Miranda rights. Illinois criminal law allows for suppression of statements of a person if they are so “grossly intoxicated that she no longer has the capacity to waive her rights.” But the bar is high, […]
Driving in Carol Stream, Illinois anytime soon? If so, you could be asked to submit to an oral swab/test for drugs. As of February, the Carol Stream Police Department will start asking people to submit to a voluntary mouth swab to test for the presence of marijuana, opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, and methamphetamines. This test will […]
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Have you ever heard someone in the movies say: “Are you a cop? Cause if you’re a cop, you’ve got to tell me.” Don’t listen to movie characters or some idiot at the bar for legal advice. There’s a reason they’re not criminal defense experts. If an undercover cop does not tell you he is […]
THE PROSECUTOR’S POWER TO IGNORE: ****Attention Shoppers: As of December 11, 2016, if you are lucky enough to catch a retail theft under $1K in value (even with prior credit), you will be the happy winner of misdemeanor charges redeemable through Kim Foxx and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. ****(Offer valid only throughout Chicago […]
AGGRAVATED UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPONS 1st OFFENDER PROGRAM “I told someone, it’s like we have the Bulls, pizza and we have guns in the city of Chicago.” That’s not President Trump ripping on our great city, that’s how the Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx, describes our reputation. There is no bigger issue in […]
As of December 10, 2017, you can star in your own true crime TV show courtesy of the Chicago Police Department. Since that date, all Chicago Police patrol officers have body cameras. The Mayor’s office boasts this to be the largest rollout of body camera technology in the entire nation. This tactical development is the […]
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Last summer, SD was arrested for Aggravated Discharge of a Weapon & Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon. He faced 6-30 years in prison. Minutes before his arrest, the police witnessed a man who vaguely resembled SD shooting into a vehicle at almost point-blank range. The police lost sight of this man and […]
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