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 […]
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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Let’s say you put 7-10 grams of marijuana into a batch of marijuana brownies. You bake them, wrap them all up, and put them in a cooler in the back of your car for tomorrow. On the way to your buddy’s place, you get pulled over and eventually searched by the police. They find the […]
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Hollywood actor David Hill has flown from California to Chicago a dozen or so times in the past two years, then driven a rental car down to Morris to go to court. “Crash in the car a few hours, show up in court, court’s in and out in 15 minutes, and then it’s back up […]
Hollywood ActorRobert J Callahan – Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney Wins Class X Felony on Motion to Suppress…Cased Dismissed When police enter someone’s home without a search warrant, the presumption is that such an entry is illegal. Under most circumstances, any evidence seized as a result of that type of entry will be “suppressed”. That basically means […]
CASE DISMISSED, Chicago CASE DISMISSED, class x felony, CLASS X FELONY NARCOTICS, Motion to Suppress, NARCOTICS CASE DISMISSEDKD was parked in a White Castle restaurant parking lot in a western suburb last November when he was approached by local police. The officers had pulled their squad car behind him and shined their hand held spot light on KD and his friend. They then approached KD’s car and allegedly observed him making “furtive […]
DW was arrested when an undercover police officer identified him as the individual who sold him three bags of heroin in exchange for prerecorded funds. He was charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance. Due to DW’s background, he was facing a mandatory class X felony. Class X felonies are punishable by 6 […]
Last Summer FR was stopped by an Illinois State Trooper for talking on his cell phone. The trooper asked for his license and insurance which he provided. After determining that Mr. R’s license was valid, the trooper asked for permission to search his car. FR, believing he had no choice, exited his car. He was […]
