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State's attorney's office saw 1.300 more cases in 2009 : News : Oswego Ledger-Sentinel : Hometown Newspaper for Oswego and Montgomery, IllinoisState's attorney's office saw 1.300 more cases in 2009
| by Matt Schury
| 1/14/2010
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2009 was another busy year at the Kendall County State's Attorney's office.
State's Attorney Eric Weis gave his end of the year report to the County Board last week. It showed 22,020 cases filed through his office last year, about 1,300 more than 2008.
Weis noted that his office is currently prosecuting two murder cases, one double murder case this summer for which he filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty and a second gang-related murder case from the end of the year.
"We did have two murder cases that were filed through our office, not to say those were the only homicide cases but those were the total murder cases filed," Weis said. "While they don't reflect a significant number, when you look at three case numbers filed, they do reflect a significant amount of time that our office will spend."
The majority of the cases handled by Weis and his eight assistants were traffic related, with 19,269, about 1,095 more than the previous year.
Misdemeanor cases, excluding DUIs, totaled 1,535, about 130 more than last year. There were 387 DUI cases in the county last year about 50 more than 2008.
The report also showed 515 felony cases filed last year, 15 more than 2008, with 174 convictions. The majority of those cases, 328, are still pending.
The felony conviction rate was 93 percent, a slight decrease over 2008 when the conviction rate was 95 percent.
Of the felony cases, 66 resulted in sentences to the Illinois Department of Corrections, 12 were reduced or dismissed, down slightly from 15 the year before.
There were 17 jury trial cases last year, with several hundred tried before judges.
The Kendall County Child Advocacy Center conducted more than 200 interviews last year, with an average of 95 interviews of alleged child victims of physical or sexual assault, Weis wrote in the report.
In 2009, the report said, 31 vehicles were used in the commission of crimes and were seized and forfeited.
On an administrative level, Weis explained that his office's expenditures were under budget from last year, despite additional expenses including the hiring of a civil assistant for part of fiscal year 2009.
He said the office also picked up the cost of a few of the items in the courthouse expansion that were not originally budgeted, including furniture and computers.
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