
When he heard McCartney’s sentence, Yohn simply bowed his head. “I was not presented the ability to give the jury insight on how things really happened,” he said. He then continued explaining why he felt he had been wronged. In a statement of allocution, Yohn referred to an Illinois Supreme Court rule which allows the court to furnish discovery to a defendant. “See how his family gets treated?” Bloom said as he was leaving. When Jones asked for Yohn to receive a seven-year sentence, someone in the audience dismissively said, “Pfffft.” As Jones paused, courtroom officials removed Travis Bloom, Yohn’s cousin, from the courtroom. An unidentified family member said from the back of the courtroom, “It doesn’t matter.”
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Yohn did a good job of presenting it as arguments … but I agree with the state as far as these assertions, and I think I’ve dealt with them.”īefore Yohn was sentenced, Assistant State’s Attorney Josh Jones noted he had eight prior convictions for felony offenses such as battery, domestic battery, forgery, tampering with a motor vehicle, driving while license revoked and aggravated retail theft. In denying the motion, McCartney said, “Most if not all this has been litigated throughout the trial. He asked for a mistrial regarding the last three complaints. Yohn requested that the verdict be vacated and the cause dismissed with prejudice for the first three complaints.
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Yohn said he doesn’t believe he can formulate a defense as a pro se defendant in the Adams County Jail. Can’t none of them back there say I haven’t. I’ve been beat on several times this jail. I’m making a stance for myself while my family’s here (in the courtroom).


I have a mark right here (lifting his shirt) where they kicked me. “Getting demeaned, degraded, having people come to my cell and accuse me of things,” he said. Yohn became so frustrated that at one point he bitterly complained to Thomson about his treatment in the jail. He denied multiple motions made by Yohn, who defended himself in a second felony hearing. Judge Roger Thomson then replaced McCartney on the bench. 15 in his cell, which was not permitted by the Adams County Jail. The jury believed Yohn, 36, hid two thumb drives on Nov. An Adams County jury found him guilty on April 11 of one count of possessing contraband in a penal institution. Judge Frank McCartney first sentenced Yohn on Wednesday in Adams County Circuit Court to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. QUINCY - After months of complaining of how he’s been beaten and mistreated in the Adams County Jail, Bradley Yohn may soon be getting a new home.
