Illinois Reckless Homicide Defense Lawyers
An accident or incident of DUI that results in the death, or serious injury of another person can be charged as Aggravated DUI or perhaps Reckless Homicide. Although these acts involve unintentional acts, the penalties are among the most severe in Illinois. These types of cases carry mandatory sentences which can be quite severe.
Reckless homicide is involuntary manslaughter, and very serious penalties can be imposed. Even though a death was caused unintentionally, you can face more than a decade in prison for killing someone while you were driving. It is important to seek skilled legal counsel as soon as possible to protect your rights. These cases are usually very complex involving expert testimony and evidence. The firms past cases involved experts in pathology, engineering, traffic reconstruction, and toxicology. The law firm of Camic Johnson Ltd. in Aurora, Illinois, has the experience to confront the challenges involved in a reckless homicide case.
The firm's attorneys have three decades of experience in criminal defense and DUI defense, and they have handled a great number of reckless homicide cases for a variety of clients. When you hire one of Camic Johnson's attorneys, you will benefit from the collective knowledge of all the firm's attorneys. This past experience allows them to have a strong relationship with many defense experts, and have the names and contact information for these professionals at their fingertips. The entire firm is devoted to reaching the best possible outcome for you.
Camic Johnson also helps clients with criminal appeals through its appellate and post-conviction practice. Its successes include several appellate court reversals and trial court orders of new trials where the firm has taken over cases from other lawyers following adverse judgments.
Whether your case involves drunk driving, drug charges or other circumstances, Camic Johnson can help. Contact the firm's experienced lawyers today for a consultation.
Thorough Investigation
You can rely on Camic Johnson for an exhaustive investigation into the details of your case. For example, if you are facing DUI charges in relation to your reckless homicide case, there may have been inaccuracies with your sobriety testing, improper calibration of a breathalyzer machine or illegal methods could have been used to obtain your consent for the test. Your blood result might be contaminated, taken improperly, or based on serum rather than whole blood.
The firm often relies on medical and scientific experts to dispute blood alcohol content test results, contest the active presence of THC or marijuana, and other drugs of abuse. Mr. Camic, himself, has been a member of the National College for DUI Defense, and has been certified in the same field sobriety testing training as most police officers using the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration method and manuals.
Broad Backgrounds
Camic Johnson's attorneys bring a comprehensive perspective to reckless homicide cases based on their backgrounds. Mr. Camic and Mr. Johnson have represented several high profile defendants in Reckless Homicide cases.
The experience of the firm includes Mr. Johnson who was the elected State's Attorney of Kane County, Mr. Camic is a past Chair of the State Bar's Criminal Justice Section and a Past President of the Kane County Bar. In addition to this experience Mr. Kozlowski, Mr. Puscas and Mr. Camic are all former police officers who conducted accident investigations. Ms. Parga worked in the Kane County Public Defender's Office, and taught Criminal Law at the Northern Illinois University Law School.
With a wealth of career knowledge gained inside and outside of the firm, the attorneys at Camic Johnson make up a unique and dedicated defense team. Whatever the circumstances of your case may be, you can rely on Camic Johnson to pursue the best possible outcome for you.
Contact Camic Johnson to discuss your case. Spanish language services are available.
