Recent content by cranky

What are valid grounds to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea. I recently plead guilty to simple battery and paid a $ 500.00 fine in exchange for Prosecutor dropping 4 DV cases. Here is a short synopsis: Public defender number one appears for first pre trial and promptly quits. Second pre trial...

I am in Illinois. I put in a motion for substitution of Judge for cause on April 1 st this year. I have been waiting for my hearing ever since. I checked the public access computer every week and nothing was ever scheduled and no new court date was given. I finally called the Chief Judges...

I am in Illinois. A judge ordered the public defenders office to appoint counsel in Dec 2004 to defend me against 4 misdemeanor charges. My first P.D. met me at my pre trial Feb. 8 for about 5 minutes. He quit without my knowledge. My second P.D. met me at the continued pre trial March 29...

I am in Illinois. I had a public defender appear with me at pre trial Feb 8, 2004. When I returned to court for the continued pre trial on March 29 a new public defender was there. He said the other P.D. had quit. The new P.D. quit shortly after that, and the judge ordered me to defend...

I am in Illinois Here is what has happened condensed version. 1. Arrested Oct 31, 2004, 3 counts Domestic battery(misdememenors). 2. Arraigned Nov 3, 2004. 3. Court orders Public Defenders office to appoint lawyer Dec. 10, 2004. 4. I try to contact P.D. office repeatedly and I am told to wait...

I am in Illinois. I was arrested for three charges of domestic battery and one charge of interfering with a 911 call. My question has to do with who qualifies as a household member. My girlfriends daughter(26) and boyfriend(28) were dropped off at my house by the police several months ago...