Packed with advice from experienced criminal law practitioners, this handbook covers aspects of defending a client in Illinois federal court from start to finish. It examines topics such as grand jury procedure, initial appearances and preliminary hearings, plea bargaining, warrants and motions to suppress, and the trial process from beginning to end, including jury selection and instructions. This book includes discussions of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, posttrial motions, habeas corpus, and appeals, with focus on the particularities of the federal system in Illinois. It also includes editable forms that can be used in your practice.
Listing of chapters, authors (with firms hyperlinked and location — city — noted), general editor(s) (if applicable).
Chapter 1 — Federal Criminal Jurisdiction
Richard H. McLeese, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Grand Jury Procedure
Daniel J. Collins, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and Kaitlin G. Klamann, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Release and Detention Under the Bail Reform Act of 1984
Candace R. Jackson, Staff Attorney, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Initial Appearance and Preliminary Hearing
Maria Teresa Gonzalez, Staff Attorney, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Plea Bargaining
Steven R. Hunter, Law Office of Steven R. Hunter, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Warrants and Motions To Suppress
Johanes Christian Maliza, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Central District of Illinois, Springfield
Chapter 7 — Pretrial Motions
James P. Fieweger and Carolyn Isaac, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, and Lisa M. Noller, Hayley L. Altabef, and Ryan J. Lowry, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Jury Selection and Instructions
Gabriel A. Fuentes and Kathleen W. Gibbons, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 — An Introductory Tour Through the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Sentencing Procedures
Johanes Christian Maliza, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Central District of Illinois, Springfield
Chapter 10 — Posttrial Motions in Federal Criminal Cases
Gabriel A. Fuentes and Philip T. Kovoor, Jenner & Block LLP, and James P. Fieweger, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Chicago
Chapter 11 — Federal Habeas Corpus and Posttrial
David H. Iskowich and Retha Stotts, Assistant Attorneys General, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Appeals
Johanna M. Christiansen, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Central District of Illinois, Peoria
