Attorney says witness’s absence not ‘willful’ in Shorewood indecent solicitation of child case

A Rare Courtroom Conflict Hits Hunt County Judicial Race After Attorney Cross-Examines Wife

A Hunt County jury acquitted Andrew Ryan Carlton in a child sex abuse trial that followed months of litigation over whether his defense attorney should remain on the case despite his wife’s expected role as a State witness. The verdict form, filed May 8 in the 196th Judicial District Court, states: “We, the Jury, find the defendant, Andrew Ryan Carlton, ‘Not Guilty’ of the offense of Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child and any lesser-included…

Attorney says witness’s absence not ‘willful’ in Shorewood indecent solicitation of child case

A Will County judge allowed the jail release of a witness against a Lockport man charged with indecent solicitation of a child after his attorney said his absence from court was an “honest mistake.”