Illinois Getting Rid of Bail Bonds/New Pre-Trial Release Laws

Guest Post by Edwardsville, Illinois attorney Chad Finley. Illinois is phasing out bail bonds. I have been asked about this one quite a few times. THE BILL – The bill changed a lot of different bills so that wherever “bail” was previously mentioned, it would now be referred to as “pre-trial release.” This obviously has broad ramifications, most of which are unimportant for most people. The section most people care about is Section 110-5, which is “Determining the conditions of pretrial release.” The takeaway is that the Court still has the power to hold someone in jail pending trial, but they cannot...

29 September

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Missouri Police Chief Charged With Tampering With Evidence

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It All Started With a Traffic Stop ...

26 March

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The Lost Spring

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Criminal Defense Attorney Corona Virus St. Louis

The Lost Spring Please note that this is different from my usual blog content, but we are dealing with different times right now. When we look back, the Spring of 2020 will be The Lost Spring. We have had our fair share of spring rain showers and March has given us temperatures from the top of the thermometer to the bottom, but we lost out on so much more. For sports fans we have lost out on March Madness, Opening Day, and The Masters, all sure fire signs of spring. Spring break beaches and barbecues evaporated (for most of us) before our...

18 March

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Corona Virus Closes Missouri Courts

Posted by Jason Korner

in Blog, Criminal Defense, Federal Crime

Missouri Supreme Court Reacts to Corona Virus The corona virus and the associated COVID-19 has upended daily life in the St. Louis area and throughout Missouri. Finally after days of uncertainty surrounding court dockets and schedules, the Missouri Supreme Court handed down a sweeping declaration on Monday, March 16th, closing courts statewide until at least April 6th. There are few exceptions to the closures, mostly for emergency situations, and a few for confined defendants. Although confined defendants will continue to have some dockets, they will only be seen by video and will not be transported to court. There are two main concerns...