Man is charged with battery to a police officer. Lewis Gainor takes case to trial. Verdict: Not guilty.

Cook County Case No. 08 MC 4009266

Illinois battery lawyer Lewis Gainor successfully defended a man who was arrested on September 5, 2008 and charged with battery to a police officer. The case concerned an incident that took place in a hospital parking lot in Hines, a village in Cook County. The man was leaving the hospital when he saw the police had placed a ticket on his car windshield and were preparing to tow the vehicle.

The problem was, the hospital posted no signs indicating where it was illegal to park, or that illegally parked cars would be towed. The man had no reason whatsoever to think he was not allowed to park where he did. In fact, after the man's arrest, the hospital posted new parking signs which indicated where parking was permitted and displayed tow warnings.

The man rightfully disputed the tow with the Hines police officers, but they would have nothing of it. What started as a verbal argument about the officers' right to tow the man's car turned into the officers charging him with battery to a police officer. The police handcuffed the man and took him to jail.

The man retained trial attorney Lewis Gainor after finding him over the internet. He had reviewed Lewis Gainor's other cases and client testimonials and decided he was the lawyer to defend him against the criminal accusations.

Cook County battery attorney Lewis Gainor entered his appearance as the man's attorney on October 14, 2008, and demanded a trial in the 4th Municipal District Court of Cook County in Maywood. The judge scheduled the matter for trial on December 9, 2008.

The case went to trial on December 9, 2008 and the officers testified in court that Lewis Gainor's client had battered them. The prosecution asked for a guilty verdict and indicated that they would seek a jail sentence if the man were found guilty. Lewis Gainor aggressively questioned the police and made his closing argument to the court, asking the man to be found not guilty.

The verdict: Not guilty. Lewis Gainor and his client walked out of court, vindicated.

We represent clients in Waukegan (Circuit Court of Lake County) as well as the Second and Third Municipal Districts in Cook County (Skokie and Rolling Meadows) in cases such as resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, obstructing a peace officer, aggravated battery to a police officer, obstruction of service of process, disarming a peace officer, and attempt obstruction of justice for giving a false name. Contact Gainor & Gosch, PC today.