Champaign Criminal Defense blog

March 15th, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Your Assault Charge

You should hire an experienced criminal defense lawyer after your arrest for assault. A simple assault conviction can have long-term consequences. You might have to serve time in jail, pay an expensive fine, or complete probation. The conviction becomes part of your criminal record and can create challenges in seeking a job or place to...

Sex Crimes Defense

January 1st, 2023

What to Do if You Have Been Accused of Sexual Assault

Facing criminal charges of any kind can feel frustrating and overwhelming. When the alleged crime is sexual assault, the potential consequences are terrifying. Few accusations have the same capacity to turn a person into a social outcast overnight, and the penalties are severe for those who are convicted. Yet accusations do not automatically equate to...

Criminal Defense

November 1st, 2022

Can A School Fight Be Prosecuted?

Yes. Your child can face charges if involved in a fight in an Illinois school. The charges are generally assault or battery, which can result in life-altering consequences for the charged minor. In times past, kids fighting at school may have seemed no big deal. The principal would call the parents. Maybe the children involved...

Cocaine Possession

September 1st, 2022

What You Need to Know About Your Cocaine Possession Charge

This can be a terrifying time if you have been charged with drug possession. You do not have to face it alone. An experienced defense attorney can help you fight for your rights and future. According to the FBI, there were approximately 712,000 arrests for drug possession offenses nationwide in the year 2020. Possession of...

Criminal Defense

July 1st, 2022

How to Prove I’ve Been Wrongfully Convicted

The criminal justice system in the United States is supposed to convict those guilty of crimes and clear the innocent of any wrongdoing. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen, and sometimes, people are wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit. There can be any number of reasons for a wrongful conviction, and if you were...

Drug Crime Defense

April 1st, 2022

Five Things You Need to Know About Your Heroin Possession Charge

The state of Illinois is notorious for its toughness on drug crimes, and heroin possession carries particularly serious penalties. If you are convicted on charges of heroin possession, you will be seriously at risk of losing your rights or freedoms, possibly for years or even decades. The possession charges on your criminal record may seriously...

Criminal Defense

January 1st, 2022

What’s the Difference Between a Federal and a State Charge?

If you have been arrested, it’s important to know whether you will be charged in state court or federal court. Usually, the local police departments and Sheriff’s offices handle state charges and other crimes are investigated by federal agencies such as the FBI and DEA. However, there are cases where you may be arrested by...

Drug Crime Defense

December 1st, 2021

What Qualifies as Drug Paraphernalia?

When people think of drug crimes, one that’s often overlooked is possession of drug paraphernalia. But you don’t even have to have drugs on your person or in your home to be charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. You can be arrested just for having certain items that are associated with consuming, manufacturing, or distributing...

Criminal Defense

November 1st, 2021

Can I Get a Felony Expunged?

If you’ve been convicted of a felony crime, you may have served your time in prison and may have paid or are struggling to pay significant fines. Unfortunately, in many cases, life doesn’t just return to how it was before conviction. You may continue to feel the ramifications of your felony conviction for months and...

Marijuana Defense

October 19th, 2021

How to Avoid a Marijuana Possession Charge

Now that recreational marijuana use by adults is legal in Illinois, I can’t get arrested for possession of marijuana, right? Wrong. Although Illinois has relaxed certain restrictions relating to an adult’s possession and use of recreational marijuana, you can still be arrested and face stiff penalties for violating numerous regulations that are still in place....

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