Chicago Sex Crimes Defense Lawyers There are few other crimes that are prosecuted more severely than sex offenses. If those offenses involve children or handicapped individuals the penalties can be even more harsh. Those accused of sex offenses are portrayed as automatically guilty and not deserving of a fair trial or constitutional protections. If you are charged with [...]
My name is Purav Bhatt and I am a criminal defense attorney serving cook, dupage and lake counties. My law practice focuses entirely on criminal defense and specializes in felony and misdemeanor crimes including drug possession, drug delivery, assault and battery, retail theft/shoplifting, DUI and animal crimes. Today I am writing to explain what you should know if you are charged [...]
Felony Drug Crimes As a criminal defense lawyer in Chicago a major part of my practice is defending drug offenses including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, ecstasy and prescription drugs cases. People are charged with either possession, delivery, intent to deliver or manufacturing. Drug offenses are serious charges and carry sentences ranging from misdemeanor [...]
Sealing Felony Records Illinois is scheduled to expand a person's ability and eligibility to seal a criminal conviction. Public Act 097-1120 will allow and individual with a criminal conviction that was previously ineligible to be sealed to petition the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to seal a Class 3 or Class 4 felony conviction from their background. [...]
If you have the unfortunate experience of being questioned by the police or being placed under arrest there is one thing above all others that you should remember. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. A judge I am in front of regularly and was a prosecutor before would routinely ask defendants, “Do you know how the fish got caught? He opened his [...]
I am asked this question by defendants and their families alike. Bail, the setting and posting of it, is what must occur between a person’s arrest and the ultimate outcome of their criminal case. Bail comes in two forms: monetary and non-monetary bail. Monetary bail is the posting of cash or property to release the defendant during the course [...]
This year brought the signing of a bill highly anticipated by those who suffer from various chronic illnesses. In August, 2013, Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill which will permit the legal sale of medical Marijuana in Illinois, under some of the strictest guidelines and as a four year pilot program. Chicago already has its first medical Marijuana dispensary clinic [...]
In a recent turn of events, the Illinois Supreme Court has determined a law regarding Chicago Weapons Charges that once indicated having a gun on one’s person outside of their home or business to be illegal, is now no longer. The new view on the unlawful use of a weapon has Chicago Criminal Lawyers considering what this [...]
Chicago Robbery Lawyer Purav Bhatt A robbery occurs when an individual uses force or the threat of force to take the property of another person. It becomes armed robbery when the provoker uses a dangerous weapon such as a gun or a knife. Because a weapon is involved, the penalties are more severe and [...]