Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

What do you mean by trouble? Judges are not supposed to hear what are called "ex parte" (pronounced "X par-tay") communications, meaning just between you and the judge. Our court system insists, for the most part, on communications that include ALL the relevant parties AND the judge if the judge is the person being addressed. So what you should do is include the attorney for the "other parties", and if the are not represented, then you can include the parties themselves. Otherwise the judge may be obliged to ignore the communication, and that could be trouble for you. Otherwise, assuming you are not a licensed attorney, you would not be in trouble with the attorney disciplinary people if that is what you mean.

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