Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

fingerprint case

I know a guy named x he was charged with with possesionof cocaine, the police did not charge him for 3-4 months because they had his his friend name y charged and in jail. Y sold to a informant out of his home, the informatant stated he brought them from y the warrant came for y it was y house. The informant said nothing at all about mr. X but the police dedcided to charge mr.X with it bacuse they clam they have one fingerprint on the baggie, but in the discovery it clearly said by the informant that he purchased the cocaine from mr.Y and mr.Y open plastic bag and broke it off of some more cocaine. Nothing in the dicovery stated anything about mr. X do they have a case.


Asked on 3/03/07, 10:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Rosenblat Michael C. Rosenblat., P.C.

Re: fingerprint case

I will assume that the discovery your attorney received from the state contains much more than a one paragraph summary. If you, Mr X, or Mr. Y would like to discuss this with me please call.

To answer your question, the state must prove that the defendant knowingly posessed cocaine, beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Answered on 3/04/07, 8:13 am


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