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.
Chapter 1 — Federal Criminal Jurisdiction
Reviewed by IICLE staff
Chapter 2 — Grand Jury Procedure
Daniel J. Collins and Christopher J. Stetler, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Release and Detention Under the Bail Reform Act of 1984
Jack Corfman, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Initial Appearance and Preliminary Hearing
Hon. Gabriel A. Fuentes, Magistrate Judge, 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 and Mark J. Silberman, Benesch, Friedlander, Copland & Aronoff LLP, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Pretrial Motions
James P. Fieweger, Carolyn E. Isaac, and Mason E. Maney, 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
Hon. Gabriel A. Fuentes,Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Chapter 9 — An Introductory Tour Through the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Sentencing Procedures
Johanes Christian Maliza and Mark J. Silberman, Benesch, Friedlander, Copland & Aronoff LLP, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Posttrial Motions in Federal Criminal Cases
Hon. Gabriel A. Fuentes, Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Illinois and James P. Fieweger, Carolyn E. Issac, and Mason E. Maney, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Chicago
Chapter 11 — Federal Habeas Corpus and Posttrial
Reviewed by IICLE staff
Chapter 12 — Appeals
Johanna M. Christiansen, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Central District of Illinois, Peoria
