Mr. E. R. was out of town for six weeks. While he was out of town, someone stole his car and sold it to an unsuspecting buyer. When E.R. returned, he found his car was gone. He scouted around, saw someone driving it, made a police report and went and got his car back.
Unfortunately for Mr. E.R., the new “owner” of the car thought E.R. had stolen the car, and made a police report against him. The police ignored E.R.’s earlier report and arrested him. He was allowed out of jail on house arrest. Unfortunately, this happened right as COVID swept the world, and, in Cook County, trials were halted. He hired me to try to get a trial for his case. As soon as I became his attorney, I started demanding trial, and finally after about six months of demanding trial, the state’s attorney finally acknowledged the police “mistake” and dismissed or nolle prossed the case.