This handbook is from the defense perspective but consists of practical guidance and legal analysis that will benefit defense counsel and prosecutors alike. It contains material written by criminal defense attorneys who provide insight from their own experiences in the field. This handbook covers trials, sentencing, appeals, and posttrial issues. Specific topics include trial strategy, jury issues, trial legal issues, evidence, preserving the record, criminal sentencing, criminal appeals, the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act, and habeas corpus.
Chapter 1 — Trial Strategy
Keith C. Grant, Office of the Lake County Public Defender, Waukegan
Chapter 2 — Jury Issues
Marcos D. Reyes, Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Trial Legal Issues
Marcos D. Reyes, Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Evidence
Sami Z. Azhari, Azhari LLC, Chicago, William B. Beattie, The Law Offices of William Beattie, Ltd., Mount Prospect, and Matthew A. Chivari, Chivari P.C., Chicago
Chapter 5 — Preserving the Record
Jed H. Stone, Stone & Associates, Ltd., Waukegan
Chapter 6 — Criminal Sentencing in Illinois
Stephen L. Richards, Law Office of Stephen L. Richards, Chicago
Chapter 7 — The Criminal Appeal
Stephen L. Richards, Law Office of Stephen L. Richards, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act
Anna M. Ahronheim, Law Office of Anna Ahronheim, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Habeas Corpus
Stephen L. Richards, Law Office of Stephen L. Richards, Chicago
