An Illinois attorney has filed a motion for disbarment by consent in the wake of his plea to a superseding information

According to the superseding information filed against Movant in case number 19CF290, on or about March 4, 2019, Movant committed the offense of aggravated battery of a child when he struck A.F. (D.O.B. 10/14/2013), a minor child under 13 years of age, on or about his body thereby causing great bodily harm; Movant committed the offense of involuntary manslaughter when he, acting in a reckless manner, performed an act likely to cause death or great bodily harm to A.F., in that he, a parent of A.F., with knowledge that Joann Cunningham was subjecting A.F. to an ongoing pattern of abuse, left A.F. in the bathroom with Cunningham as she repeatedly struck A.F. and these acts ultimately caused the death of A.F; and Movant committed the offense of concealment of homicidal death when he, with knowledge that A.F. had died by homicidal means, concealed the death of A.F. in that he wrapped the body of A.F. in plastic bags, buried the body of A.F. in a field in Woodstock, Illinois and then subsequently reported A.F. as missing.

The criminal sentence

Judge Wilbrandt Jr., entered a judgment of conviction against Movant in case number 19CF290 and sentenced Movant as follows: on count one for aggravated battery of a child, 11 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, to be served at 85 percent, and three years mandatory supervised release; on count two for involuntary manslaughter, 14 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections and two years mandatory supervised release; and on count three for concealment of homicidal death, five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections and one year mandatory supervised release. Judge Wilbrandt Jr., further ordered that the sentences in all three counts run consecutively and that Movant register under the Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act.

(Mike Frisch)