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People v. Jackson, 2020 IL App (4th) 170036 (July). Episode 800 (Duration 9:41)
A defendant need not intend to commit any specific crime in a common-design case.
[Read more…]Decoy Driver Status Was Nothing But Rank Conjecture And Speculation
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People v. Crane, 2020 IL App (3d) 170386 (May). Episode 788 (Duration 16:03)
State didn’t really prove that defendant was the decoy driver for a plan to transport cannabis to Virginia for distribution.
Read moreA Difficult Case That Leaves Us Wondering How We Got Here
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People v. Ramos, 2020 IL App (1st) 170929 (March). Episode 760 (Duration 21:44)
Conviction for murder reversed outright where the judge misconstrued defendant’s so called confession.
Read moreBe Careful With Admissions By Omissions
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People v. Ruiz, 2019 IL App (1st) 152157 (March). Episode 617 (Duration 15:47)
Defendant’s conversation with his buddy is recorded and his friend kept telling him he always takes things too far.
Prosecutors Questions Could Have Been Presented More Clearly And Completely In The Grand Jury Room
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People v. Rebollar-Vergara, 2019 IL App (2d) 140871 (March). Episode 616 (Duration 15:29)
Defendant gets into an argument with a guy and his buddy ups and shoots him, then sloppy questioning happens in the grand jury room. [Read more…]
In A Drug Conspiracy State Has To Prove The Amount of Drugs Attributable To The Conspiracy
People v. Long, 2012018 IL App (4th) 150919 (August). Episode 535 (Duration 7:35)
Defendant is guilty of a conspiracy but the state had to prove how much meth they made with his camping fuel.
Legitimate Claim Of Self Defense Gets Twisted Into An Armed Violence Conviction
People v. Barnes, 2017 IL App (1st) 142886 (September). Episode 405 (Duration 12:06)
Defendant shot at someone that first shot at him, the state says this constitutes mob action and armed violence. [Read more…]