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Kidnapping

KIDNAPPING

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CHICAGO, IL KIDNAPPING DEFENSE

The relevant law is at: 720 ILCS 5/10-1

The relevant law can be seen at:

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=072000050K10-1


Penalty: 

As a Class 2 felony you will receive a sentence of between three and seven years upon a conviction for kidnapping, with a possible extended term of seven to fourteen years and a $25,000 fine.


Definition:

  • You commit kidnapping when you intentionally and secretly confine someone against their will, or 
  • by using or threatening force, you carry them from one place to another meaning to secretly confine them against their will, or 
  • by misleading or enticing them make them to go from one place to another meaning to confine them against their will. 
  • If they are under thirteen or have a severe or profound intellectual disability and you do not have the consent of their parent or legal guardian and secretly confine the victim.

How can we defend you against a charge of kidnapping?

  • We can try to show that it was a case of mistaken identity (someone else did it), or that you did not confine someone against their will or did not threaten or use force against them, or did obtain a guardian’s consent.
  • We can show that you did not mean to confine them, that you had reason to believe you were helping or rescuing them, or that in fact you had their consent. 
  • We can file “motions to suppress” relevant evidence if that evidence that was wrongfully obtained against your rights or someone else’s or if it is somehow questionable in another way, thereby making it inadmissible and clearing you or at least minimizing the prosecution’s case so they concede or negotiate. 
  • If such evidence of kidnapping is admitted, we can argue at trial that the evidence or testimony is wrong or made up against you (someone is lying about being kidnapped) and therefore cause a reasonable doubt in the jurors’ minds. 


 Prosecutors do not like to waste taxpayer's money on expensive public trials; we can possibly wrap things up in pretrial phase or if not, start negotiating from there for lesser charges and sentences for you. This is where having an experienced attorney to represent you and negotiate and speak for you can save years of your life and tens of thousands of dollars of fines and/or foregone income. It is worth it, and you deserve a good defense. 


Other lawyers so often talk of how they will “aggressively fight for you.” They are doing nothing more than basically quoting from the American Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct about the principle of a “lawyer's obligation zealously to protect and pursue a client's legitimate interests, within the bounds of the law.” When you hire Phillip Haddad as your criminal defense attorney in Chicago or elsewhere in its suburban area, he will not only do his professional duty to zealously represent you but will get you the justice you deserve. His extensive experience in criminal defense will help you avoid conviction or else minimize the penalties. Call criminal defense attorney Phillip Haddad at 708-833-3505 as soon as possible if you are in legal trouble.

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