NO CASH BOND COMING TO ILLINOIS

Starting January 1, 2023, a person arrested will no longer have to post cash to get out of jail in Illinois. Public Act 101-0652 eliminates the use of cash bond. Normally, when a person is arrested for a criminal offense, examples are DUI, theft, assault, etc, the individual would have to provide a certain amount…

Violation of your court sentence: what happens when you pick up a New Case when your on Probation, Conditional Discharge or Supervision

If you are on probation, conditional discharge of court supervision and you get arrested for another case before your prior sentence is complete the prosecutor in the prior case will file a violation against you. So, if you are on probation, a violation of probation would be filed, if conditional discharge, then a violation of…