People v. Velazquez, 2025 IL App (1st) 230449 (August). Episode 1124 (Duration 8:54)
Trial Judge sat in the jury box, asked over 200 of his own questions and stared down witness standing nose-to-nose.
[Read more…]Privacy Interest In A Gun Is Lost Once You Get In Line At Great America
People v. Long, 2025 IL App (2d) 240237 (August). Episode 1123 (Duration 11:31)
Once that X-ray scan revealed a gun, which defendant acknowledged he was not authorized to have, he lost all possessory interest in that gun as well as the ammunition therein.
[Read more…]Search Warrant For A Phone Should Has One Limit
People v. Terrell, 2025 IL App (3d) 240567 (August). Episode 1122 (Duration 14:09)
The partial invalidity of the search warrant for defendant’s phone records related to other shootings does not require that the entire search warrant be quashed.
[Read more…]A Couple Things To Know About Charging Child Porn Cases
People v. Bonnette, 2025 IL App (4th) 240827 (July). Episode 1121 (Duration 18:47)
Where a defendant lacks knowledge, access and control to cache files the state must prove there is some other indication of dominion and control over the images.
[Read more…]Drug Dog Trained On Cannabis That Hits On A Car Still Means Car Can Be Searched
People v. Hoskins, 2025 IL App (4th) 240991 (July). Episode 1120 (Duration 5:39)
Because Caballes did not contemplate the complicated legal status of cannabis that we face in this case, it simply does not control the outcome of our decision.
[Read more…]Warrantless Entry Into This Home Was Justified As An Emergency Aid Exception
People v. Cummins, 2025 IL App (2d) 230516 (July). Episode 1118 (Duration 12:16)
Insofar as defendant relies on the officers’ delay to argue that they did not really believe that there was an emergency, the argument is legally irrelevant.
[Read more…]Pre-Trial Detention Hearing Act | Defendant Wins This One
People v. Miller, 2025 IL App (1st) 250438 (June).
In regards to revoking pre-trial release, is there a public safety basis to revoke? No.
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[Read more…]Prior Inconsistent Statement: What Exacty Is An Inconsistent Statement?
People v. Ford, 2025 IL App (1st) 231679 (June). Episode 1117 (Duration 11:47)
This case underscores the unreliability of memory and why contemporaneous recordings and court transcripts are indispensable in the pursuit of truth.
[Read more…]In A Sex Case Other Crimes To Prove Intent Might Just Be A Propensity Argument
People v. Smart, 2025 IL 130127 (June). Episode 1116 (Duration 13:16)
The evidence proffered here depends on a propensity inference for its relevance to the charged offense.
[Read more…]Speedy Trial Demand Is Waived When You Miss Court
People v. Sundell, 2025 IL App (2d) 240490 (June). Episode 1115 (Duration 13:45)
Defendant waived his speedy-trial demand by failing to appear on several dates after filing his demand.
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