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State Not Allowed To Change Their Theory Of The Case On Appeal – Failure To Register As As A Sex Offender Reversed

November 14, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Kindelspire, 2018 IL App (3d) 150803 (October). Episode 559 (Duration 13:50)

Failure to register conviction is overturned when state changes their theory of the case on appeal.

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Filed Under: Appeal, SORA

Prosecutor Probably Had a Conflict of Interest But Appellate Court Didn’t Look At The Issue

June 1, 2016 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Kibbons, 2016 IL App (3d) 150090 (April). Episode 176 (Duration 12:07)

Prosecutor on this aggravated DUI represented defendant when he was charged with his first DUI.

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Filed Under: Appeal, Conflict Of Interest, DUI

Nothing Much Happens When Police Don’t Follow The Illinois Supreme Court Rules For Traffic Tickets

March 8, 2016 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Geiler, 2016 IL 119095 (July). Episode 699 (Duration 19:34)

I first talked about Cristopher Geiler and his battle with the Troy Police Department back in Episode 065 of the Criminal Nuggets Podcast.

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Filed Under: Appeal, Dismissal Tagged With: Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Void Sentence Rule is Abolished

November 30, 2015 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Castleberry, 2015 IL 116916 (November 2015). Episode 112 (Duration 6:11)

“Void Sentence Rule” is abolished; here the judge only applied one 15 year add to consecutive sentences when he should have applied it twice.

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Filed Under: Appeal

At The End Of A Trial Here Is How To Properly Preserve an Issue for Criminal Appeal

December 17, 2014 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Denson, 2014 IL 116231 (November). Episode 699 (Duration 15:01)

The Illinois Supreme Court explains how to properly preserve an issue for criminal appeal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Appeal

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