May 3, 2021
NOTE: This article includes refreshed content to account for updates to Illinois law since passage of Public Act 101-223. After an effective date of January 1, 2020, this Act adjusted and reclassified the Illinois legal approach to aggravated battery offenses (720 ILCS 5/12-3.05). The Class X felony is, short of first-degree murder, the most serious […]
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June 5, 2020
Drug trafficking involves the transportation of illegal drugs and other controlled substances into the State of Illinois. Given the potential dangers involved with this type of enterprise, the Illinois Criminal Code imposes severe punishment for drug trafficking crimes. To understand the boundaries of it will be helpful to first review the Illinois laws against and […]
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