People v. Carr-McKnight, 2020 IL App (1st) 163245 (August). Episode 812 (Duration 6:25)
Defendant is guilty of first degree murder type A based on a theory of accountability.
[Read more…]Accountability Shared Intent Distinction
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
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
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
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
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…]
Drug Conviction Based On A Criminal Theory Of Accountability
People v. Church, 2017 IL App (5th) 140575 (June). Episode 374 (Duration 7:55)
Defendant used facebook and text message to help a lady get drugs; she ends up overdosing. [Read more…]
Making A “Heat Run” For A Drug Deal Will Lead To Conviction Based On Criminal Accountability
People v. Hernandez, 2017 IL App (2d) 150731 (January). Episode 306 (Duration 9:04)
Defendant is accountable for this 7 kilogram heroin deal (he did the heat run). [Read more…]
Criminal Accountability In This Murder Does Not Stick: Defendant Didn’t Fire The Kill Shot
See People v. Cowart, 2015 IL App (1st) 113085 (February). Episode 053 (Duration 14:39)
This example of criminal accountability in a murder does not stick. [Read more…]