That’s the viral video of Chicago defense attorney Cierra N. Norris celebrating with her client right after a not-guilty verdict in a high-stakes shooting case. Her client was charged with Class X aggravated battery (great bodily harm) with a firearm and armed habitual criminal—facing 6 to 30 years, served at 85%. He’d already spent 17 months in Cook County custody. Yesterday (February 13, 2026), after a bench trial, the judge acquitted him. He was released that night. Norris laid out the defens