In re S.W.N., 2016 IL App (3d) 160080 (July). Episode 210 (Duration 11:57)
Minor had an IQ of 70, otherwise voluntary confession suppressed.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
In re S.W.N., 2016 IL App (3d) 160080 (July). Episode 210 (Duration 11:57)
Minor had an IQ of 70, otherwise voluntary confession suppressed.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Suggs, 2016 IL App (2d) 140040 (June). Episode 199 (Duration 9:35)
Recorded interrogations can be used to justify an interrogation that occurred of a Defendant held well over 98 hours.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Utah v. Strieff, SCOTUS No. 14–1373. Argued February 22, 2016—Decided June 20, 2016. Episode 185 (Duration 13:49)
Does the discovery of a valid arrest warrant sufficiently intervene to break the causal chain between an unlawful stop and the discovery of drug-related evidence? [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Gempel, 2016 IL App (3d) 140833 (January). Episode 161 (Duration 5:55)
This murder confession is suppressed in large part because of the premature arrest and the police’s fragrant disregard of the Defendant’s Miranda rights.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Tayborn, 2016 IL App (3d) 130594 (March). Episode 159 (Duration 4:42)
Trial counsel was ineffective for not challenging defendant’s confession given without Miranda warnings.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Little, 2016 IL App (3d) 140124 (March). Episode 158 (Duration 8:10)
Cigarette break is not a sufficient amount of time to remove the taint of the original unrecorded interrogation violation.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Buschauer, 2016 IL App (1st) 142766 (February 2016). (Episode 143 Duration 4:27)
The trial court’s finding was against the manifest weight of the evidence in that a reasonable person would have felt free to leave at any point during the interrogation.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Wright, 2016 IL App (5th) 120310 (January). Episode 128 (Duration: 5:20)
Police fail to Mirandize defendant arrested for armed robbery because it would have been a waste of time; 86 year conviction and sentence reversed.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Wright, 2016 IL App (5th) 120310 (January). Episode 128 (Duration: 5:20)
Police fail to Mirandize defendant arrested for armed robbery because it would have been a waste of time; 86 year conviction and sentence reversed. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Flores, 2014 IL App (1st) 121786 (November). Episode 030 (Duration 19:46).
Right to remain silent must be scrupulously honored by the police.
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