According to the News-Gazette, Brian Chesley received conditional discharge and 100 hours of community service.
A Rantoul teen convicted of resisting and obstructing police in Douglass Park in north Champaign more than a year ago has been sentenced to a year of conditional discharge and 100 hours of public service.
The sentence for Brian Chesley, 19, who also lives part time with a grandmother in Urbana, means he will have a misdemeanor conviction on his record but will not have to report to a probation officer for monitoring. It was the least restrictive sentence that Champaign County Judge John Kennedy could have imposed for the crimes.
What's interesting is that the Very Green candidate for CB 9 started out with a couple of felony charges and ended up with first offender's probation, meaning that he'll have no record if he successfully completes it. Chesley started out with an offer of diversion and ended up with a couple of misdemeanor convictions. I wonder if this has anything to do with the former getting Diana Lenik as a defense attorney and the latter getting Kirchner and Wyman?
Get off it. Wyman and Kirchner are two hard-working attorneys who want what's best for the community.
Get off it. Wyman and Kirchner are two hard-working attorneys who want what's best for the community.
Uh, yeah. That's the ticket.
Wanting what's best for the community is not what they are supposed to be doing in court representing someone, doing what is best for the client is what they are supposed to do.
If they want to do what's best for the community, and I have no doubt that they do, so should do it another way, organize, volunteer, raise awareness, all well and good, but Chesley got screwed.
Wayward, the fact that Chesley got conditional discharge as opposed to court supervision probably has more to do with the fact that under the charges he was convicted of, he actually wasn't statutorily eligible for court supervision. The fact is, the court couldn't have given Chesley Court Supervision if it wanted to.
-Ruth Wyman
According to the ARDC - Lenik, Kirchner, and Wyman have no record of disciplinary action.
http://www.iardc.org/lawyersearch.asp
Just an FYI
Wayward, the fact that Chesley got conditional discharge as opposed to court supervision probably has more to do with the fact that under the charges he was convicted of, he actually wasn't statutorily eligible for court supervision. The fact is, the court couldn't have given Chesley Court Supervision if it wanted to.
-Ruth Wyman
Was he advised to turn down an offer of Diversion? Why was that? H would have walked away with -0- now he has to pay fines pay for the appeal etc.
There's another article in the N-G, including a section entitled "Diversion program can lessen the blow" at http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/05/10/teen_plans_upright_life_after_conviction
Ah, the obsession about Kirschner and Wyman continues. See Wayward obsess. Obsess, Wayward, obsess. Obsess, obsess, obsess.
And let's now all pound on Ruth Wyman in hopes she'll violate client-attorney privilege. Classy stuff.
Ah, the obsession about Kirschner and Wyman continues. See Wayward obsess. Obsess, Wayward, obsess. Obsess, obsess, obsess.
And let's now all pound on Ruth Wyman in hopes she'll violate client-attorney privilege. Classy stuff.
OK, let's get this straight. When there's more than one post on a particular topic on UCIMC, that's "citizen journalism." But if there's more than one post on a given topic somewhere else, that's "obsession."
?
Er, who said anything at all about UCIMC?
Anon, first of all, it's "Rietz."
Second of all, she is one of the most principled and most dedicated public servants I have ever seen. It's a difficult job, and there will always be detractors and second-guessers. But if you asked people who are actually see how justice is administered in Champaign County, you would hear that she does a pretty good job.
Actually, Big E, I haven't heard that Rietz does a good job from anyone (except her former law partner Beckett) who works in the justice system in Champaign County -- not from defense attorneys, not from people who work with battered women, not from victim's advocates -- no one. Of course one of the biggest criticisms is her blind loyalty to the police, one of whom she married since being elected -- and her refusal to challenge or act independently of the police. Though that's probably better left for a separate post.
"Actually, Big E, I haven't heard that Rietz does a good job from anyone (except her former law partner Beckett) who works in the justice system in Champaign County"
Then expand your horizons a little beyond AWARE and UCIMC. You might appreciate others a little more and not refer to people as scum.
Anonymous 1:04. I didn't refer to anyone as "scum". Chill.
And again, er, who said anything at all about either AWARE or UCIMC? Is someone getting spirit messages the rest of us can't read?
For some reason, some of the drive-by anonymous posts in this thread sound a lot like some posts on UCIMC. You know, the ones with the angry tone and misspelled names that don't quite make sense?
Funny, google "reitz site:Illinipundit.com" and you'll see any number of times her name has been misspelled on *this* site. Shock! Horror! It must be AWARE infiltration!
Or else a pretty common typo.
I don't know what the big deal is about Ritz. I like Ritz with cheese...with peanut butter...with sour cream.
"I don't know what the big deal is about Ritz. I like Ritz with cheese...with peanut butter...with sour cream."
Now you've done it. You've gone and reminded me of the top hot and tails song and dance number from "Young Frankenstein"...
Kevin are you dressed like Gary Cooper?..........super dooper:)
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