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First Degree Murder case won at Jury Trial State for JL.
Our client heard a car wreck along a road near his house around midnight. Living in the country, he went to investigate and grabbed his phone, a flashlight, and his gun before leaving the house. Our client found the driver was drunk and a fight ensued. Our client shot and fatally wounded the driver. Our client was charged with First Degree Murder, which carried a life sentence, Aggravated Battery, a Class X felony, and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, a Class 1 felony. A team of attorneys including Douglas Johnson and our investigative team immediately went to work on the case and a defense was built. Although most murder cases can take years before they go to trial, our client needed to get this case behind him so we pressed the State hard and we pushed the case to trial in just six months. After hearing all of the evidence from the State and the Defense, and the arguments from our team, it took the jury less than an hour to find our client Not Guilty on all counts. Not Guilty of First Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery, and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm. Murder cases are normally very difficult to win but our team was able to get the job done and JL was able to return home to his family and put this difficult matter behind him.
Not Guilty First Degree Murder, Aggravated Battery, and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm!
Rape case won at Jury Trial State vs JM
NOT GUILTY jury verdict was the result of a 3-day jury trial in 2024 on 4 counts of criminal sexual assault involving force that occurred on Illinois State University's campus. Following more than nine months of investigation by ISU police, JM was charged with 4 counts of Criminal Sexual Assault, all of which were Class 1 felony offenses that require mandatory prison sentences. If JM had been found guilty of the charges, he would have faced a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 16 to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. During the 3-day jury trial, the jury heard evidence and arguments presented by Kevin Sanborn, partner at Johnson Law Group, that exonerated JM. "We were fighting for JM's young life, because he was facing decades in prison. Ultimately, the system worked, and JM was set free to go home with his family".
Aggravated Battery to a Child - Case dismissed State vs JM
During the course of our representation of a hard working blue collar middle aged individual, we were able to dig up enough counterintelligence in the case to successfully convince the government to dismiss an aggravated domestic battery charge against our guy. JM was charged with a class 2 felony for intentionally strangling a family member by wrapping his hands around the neck of a minor for the purpose of stopping the minor's breathing and blood circulation. Although this was not a simple task, the government agreed to dismiss all charges against our client. We didn't stop there and were also able to convince the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to enter a finding that no credible evidence of child abuse or neglect was found during its investigation of our client. This resulted in great results across the board for the accused.
Record-Setting Man Found Not Guilty of Child Sex Assault Offens People v. DB
Our client was charged with multiple charges of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, Class X felonies that came with a mandatory prison sentence. Our guy was accused of sexually assaulting a minor child and the State refused to dismiss the charges so we proceeded to jury trial, in late 2024, to keep our guy out of prison. In short, our client was facing more than 100 years in prison and the stakes were very high! Our team immediately got to work on the case, and began building a defense that the accuser could not be believed. Result: after a 2-day trial, the jury found our client Not Guilty in less than 2 hours! Not Guilty on all Non-Probation able Sex offenses.
Mandatory Prison Sex Case – Not Guilty State vs MH
Our client was charged with multiple counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, all Class X felonies, and multiple counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, all Class 2 felonies. It seemed like his life was over, because he was facing >100 years in prison! Our lawyers at JLG immediately hit the ground running, and built an airtight defense, showing that the witnesses against our client were not credible, and could not be believed. Result: after a 4-day jury trial, the jury found our client Not Guilty of all counts!
Governor`s Pardon Granted People v. A.M.
A.M. was convicted of unlawful delivery of cannabis up to 500 grams prior to hiring our law firm. He was found guilty of unlawfully delivering drugs to an undercover police officer. A.M. contacted us because he felt his life was on hold because of the conviction. A felony certainly can present many hurdles in life like the prohibition of owning a firearm, restrictions on where you can work and live, and preventing you from voting, serving on a jury, and traveling abroad. Thankfully we were able to convince the Prison Review Board and the Governor of the State of Illinois to provide A.M. with relief and the Governor's office granted A.M. a pardon. This means that the felony conviction is erased from the government's records.
Conspiracy to commit murder dismissed People vs E.G.
Our client traveled from NY to IL with a gun to confront her father whom she had issues with. She advised family members and others that she was going to kill her father for abuse and neglect that he had committed years earlier. Our client was arrested at a pre-arranged meeting point and was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, During the arrest she became combative and committed a battery and damaged equipment. The court entered an order detaining our client without release. Our firm got to work immediately and were able to get her released for good approximately 30 days after she was arrested and we convinced the State to dismiss the conspiracy to commit murder charge as a part of a plea agreement.
Attempted murder charge dismissed People vs R.B
Police officers came to our clients house to investigate a crime. Things got out of control and our guy battered several police officers. Our client was charged with attempted murder for clubbing an officer in the head with a weapon and cutting another officer's throat. Local law enforcement and the powers to be were seeking a lengthy prison sentence. We were able to do major damage control and obtained a dismissal of the attempted murder charge and multiple aggravated battery charges. Our client was allowed to plead to a lesser offense in exchange for serving a minimal prison sentence.
No Prison on a Non-Probationable Offense State v. B.H.
Our client came to us after a search warrant was executed at his home and police found over 22,000 grams of cannabis, over 10,000 grams of a controlled substances, and to make matters worse a firearm that had been modified to be fully automatic making it a machine gun. The State charged him with a non-probationable class X felony for which a sentence of prison from six to thirty years is mandatory. We got to work right away and convinced the state to dismiss the class X and file a new lesser offense. We even convinced the State to throw out the gun and controlled substances charges, despite how serious they were. At the conclusion of the case our client received a sentence of probation and no prison time.

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