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-Traffic Camera Citation Ticket dismissed after a serious flaw in the Municipal Ordinance of the Village of Rolling Meadows was exposed by Chicago criminal defense attorney James Dimeas. The client had received a ticket in the mail from the Village of Rolling Meadows along with a photograph of the client's vehicle showing that he failed to stop at an intersection monitored by cameras. Chicago criminal defense attorney James Dimeas succeeded in having the ticket dismissed for failure of the Village to abide by the strict time limit requirements set forth in the Village's own ordinance. As a result, the Village of Rolling Meadows may be required to rewrite the ordinance.
- Felony charges of Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle dismissed at 26th and California after police officer that arrested the defendant was impeached during a Motion to Suppress Statement. The officer claimed he had pulled over the defendant after observing the defendant commit a minor traffic violation but was impeached on cross examination by a report prepared by a police officer from another town who stated that the arresting officer had told him that he had first determined the car was stolen while running license plates in a hotel parking lot. The other officer was called to testify by the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders and were able to impeach the arresting officer. The defendant was facing a substantial mandatory prison sentence because of his extensive criminal background. As a result of the thorough and skilled legal representation by the attorneys at the Chicago criminal defense firm, The Legal Defenders, the state dismissed all the charges against the defendant.
- Finding of not guilty after a trial at 26th and California for dealing felony drugs. The prosecution alleged that our client was part of an elaborate drug dealing operation while on parole for another case. The client was facing a lengthy jail sentence and a violation of his parole if he had lost this case. But thanks to the efforts of the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders he beat the case!
- Finding of not guilty after a trail at 26th and California for the felony charge of Selling Unstamped Cigarettes filed by the Illinois Attorney General's Office. The police entered a fast food restaurant and conducted a search of the kitchen area after receiving reports that the owner of the restaurant was selling unstamped cigarettes. The police seized over 200 packs of unstamped illegal Marlboro Light cigarette packs and alleged that the owner was selling the cigarettes out of his restaurant. As a result of the efforts of the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders, the prosecution was unable to prove their case. Restaurant owner found not guilty!
- Finding of not guilty after a trial in Bridgeview for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon. The police claimed that they observed our client holding a firearm outside of his home and recovered it from him. The client was facing a mandatory prison sentence based on his felony background. Another win for the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders!

- Finding of not guilty after a trial in Rolling Meadows for a client charged with bilking a computer monitor supplier out of thousands of dollars of equipment. The state claimed that our client wrote bad checks with the intent to defraud the computer monitor supplier. The Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders summoned the vice president of our client's bank to testify at trial and were able to show that the bank had covered prior overdrafts but did not cover those particular checks because they had closed his account without notifying him. A major victory for the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders in Rolling Meadows!
- Directed Verdict and a finding of not guilty after a trial in Maywood on a felony charge of Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle by a client who was already on parole at the time of the alleged offense. The Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders were able to show the court that our client was merely a passenger in the vehicle and played no role in the car being stolen. The result was a very grateful client. Not only was he found not guilty, but he avoided a violation of his parole!
- Finding of no probable cause at preliminary hearing - Felony drug charges dismissed.

- Case Dismissed - Our client was facing jail time for Driving on a Suspended License with 8 previous arrests for the same thing. Another win for the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders!

- Murder charges dismissed - Another long prison sentence avoided thanks to the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders!

- Finding of not guilty after a trial in Markham for a client charged with stealing inventory from an employer. The criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders were able to show the court, through rigorous cross examination, that our client had been wrongly accused of stealing by a jealous co-worker.
- Avoided the Death Penalty from being imposed against a client. Another grateful family thanks to the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders.
- Finding of not guilty after a trial in Maywood for a client charged with committing a Domestic Battery against a former lover. The Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders put the accuser on the stand and were able to show the court, by carefully and effectively questioning the accuser, that she had filed the criminal charges of Domestic Battery to get even with her former lover.
- Finding of not guilty after a trial in Markham for a client charged with stealing an antique piano from an elderly couple. The Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders were able to show the court that our client was unable to fix the piano and returned it to the elderly couple a few months after he removed it from their house. The case was won by very detailed questioning of what the photographs of the piano, taken by the police, actually showed. Another difficult victory for the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders.
- Finding of no probable cause at a preliminary hearing in Markham for client charged with stealing copper wiring - felony charges dismissed for a client with a lengthy criminal record. The Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders were able to show the court that our client was a scavenger worker who had merely found the wiring in an alley. The client was facing a possible long prison sentence because of his extensive felony background. Another tricky victory for the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders.
- Finding of no probable cause at preliminary hearing for client charged with possession of drugs and selling fake DVD's - another felony charge dismissed by the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders!
- Case dismissed - Prostitution case dismissed after the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders were able to convince the state that their client was talking to the undercover officer so he could get driving directions.
- Finding of no probable cause - Copyright and Trademark Infringement. Client was facing 3 years in prison. Case Dismissed by the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders.
- Case Dismissed - Finding of No Probable Cause at a preliminary hearing on a gun charge. Our client was facing three years in prison because of his extensive felony background. Another victory for the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders!

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Felony Charges Dismissed After Police Officer Impeached on Stand.

Chicago criminal defense attorney, James Dimeas, of the Chicago criminal defense firm, The Legal Defenders, P.C., forced the Office of the Cook County States Attorney to dismiss felony Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle Charges filed by a special prosecutions unit of the Office of the Cook County States Attorney against a client who was on parole for a Residential Burglary at the time of his arrest. The prosecutor dismissed the charges after the arresting officer's credibility was seriously compromised after intense cross examination by Chicago criminal defense attorney, James Dimeas, of the Chicago criminal defense firm, The Legal Defenders, P.C. Chicago criminal defense attorney, James G. Dimeas, of the Chicago criminal defense firm, The Legal Defenders, P.C., had filed a motion asking the court to throw out a statement made by the defendant immediately after his arrest before he was advised of his Miranda rights. The arresting officer testified that he first saw the vehicle the defendant had allegedly stolen driving down the street ahead of his vehicle. The arresting officer testified that he attempted to pull over the vehicle the defendant was driving after he saw the defendant commit a minor traffic violation. The officer testified that the defendant failed to stop his vehicle and eventually fled on foot after he stopped. The officer chased the defendant down an alley and apprehended the defendant as he was attempting to climb a fence. As the defendant was being placed in handcuffs the officer asked the defendant why he fled and the defendant then allegedly stated that he had stolen the vehicle.

On cross examination by the Chicago criminal defense attorney, James Dimeas, of the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at the Legal Defenders, the officer was confronted by a report prepared by a neighboring village police officer which stated that the arresting Chicago police officer had told the other officer that he first saw the stolen vehicle in a parking lot and had checked the plate and it had come back stolen. The report went on to state that the arresting Chicago police officer observed the defendant enter the vehicle in the hotel parking lot, followed it down the street and attempted to stop it when the defendant fled and was apprehended.

Chicago criminal defense attorney, James Dimeas, of the Chicago criminal defense firm Legal Defenders, P.C., called the other officer to testify that the arresting officer told him a different story than what the arresting officer had testified to in court. The Court granted the Motion Suppressing the Statement and the state was forced to dismiss the charges against the defendant. The defendant was facing substantial mandatory jail time if he had been convicted. The defendant had previously been convicted of Forgery and Armed Robbery. Throughout his adult life, the defendant had been sentenced to over 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections in his various convictions. He was on parole for a Residential Burglary at the time of his arrest.

This hard fought victory was accomplished as a result of thorough preparation and hard work. The Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders, P.C., are trained to review every piece of evidence and look at every angle when defending a client. The officer did not know that the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders, P.C., had obtained the report from the neighboring police department and was not aware of it's contents prior to taking the stand. As a result, what looked like an open and shut case for the state crumbled under the skilled legal representation of the Chicago criminal defense lawyers at The Legal Defenders, P.C.

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