Felony Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor – NOT GUILTY AFTER TRIAL

My client was charged with Felony contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The police accused him of providing alcohol to a minor child and then trying to sexually assault her. My client was illegal in this country and immediately after his arrest, an Immigration hold was put on him. Since this was a felony, there was no way I could plead him guilty since that would have resulted in deportation. I had no choice but to fight these allegations at trial. In the trial the minor child testified that my client gave her beer and then tried kissing her and touching her in his vehicle. On cross-examination I made her admit that the testimony she gave under oath was different then her written statement to the police department. I pointed out numerous instances of conflicting testimony compared to her written statement that she provided the Mundelein Police Department. The prosecutor then called the officer who my client gave a statement to. He testified that my client admitted that he provided alcohol to the minor child and then kissed her in his vehicle. After arguing to the judge in my closing statement regarding the inconsistencies of the minor child and the burden of proof in a felony like this one, he agreed with me! The judge ruled in my favor and found my client not guilty of Felony Contributing the the Delinquency of a Minor. My client was facing 1-3 years in prison and deportation if I had lost trial!