RECENT VICTORY - Drug Charges Dismissed

The prosecutors dismissed misdemeanor possession of marijuana charges against our client on the eve of trial after we called their bluff and proved to them that we were ready for trial. Our client is currently on felony probation for a Class 2 felony for Battery to a Police Officer. The probation department has already filed a Petition to Violate our client's probation. The judge on the Violation of Probation case warned us that we had to win the misdemeanor possession of marijuana case or else he would violate our client's probation and sentence him to prison. Another client has been spared a potentially lengthy prison sentence.

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Governor Quinn Restores Some Funding To Probation

Today, Governor Quinn restored $16 billion in funding that had previously been cut from state probation departments. The state legislature cut funding to the Illinois Supreme Court by 56 percent. As a result, the Supreme Court cut funding to probation departments throughout the state to only 65 percent of what they received last year. The funding cuts led to claims that public safety would be jeopardized by cuts to the probation departments. Quinn's restoration of funding restores the Supreme Court's funding to about 82% of what it received last year.

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