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Making Sense Of The Latest Illinois Juvenile Interrogation Statute

November 12, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

In re Jose A., 2018 IL App (2d) 180170 (October). Episode 557 (Duration 22:10)

The new juvenile Miranda requirement is discussed here. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Juvenile Justice, Voluntary

17 Year Old Held For 73 Hours Before Taken To See A Judge

July 23, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. McArthur, 2018 IL App (1st) 150626 (June). Episode 515 (Duration 8:15)

17 year old held for 73 hours before a probable cause hearing nonetheless gave a voluntary confession. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Voluntary

An Illinois Wrongful Conviction Reviewing Court Says This Guy Didn’t Do It

May 23, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Sanchez, 2018 IL App (1st) 143899 (April). Episode 488 (Duration 18:22)

Involuntary confession and improper closing arguments lead to this Illinois wrongful murder conviction. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Podcast, Voluntary

Murder Confession Crossed The Line When They Called Him A “Baby Killer”

April 23, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Phillips, 2018 IL App (3d) 130270 (February). Episode 479 (Duration 13:35)

18-year-old’s confession ruled involuntary, in part, because defendant is told baby killers get killed in prison. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Voluntary

In Illinois How Do You Test If A Confession Was Voluntary?

April 4, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Mandoline, 2017 IL App (2d) 150511 (February). Episode 316 (Duration 12:31)

How to test if a confession is voluntary? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Voluntary

17 Year Old With 5th Grade Reading Level And Mental Disorders Gives A Voluntary Statement

February 27, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Edwards, 2017 IL App (3d) 130190-B (January). Episode 300 (Duration 5:42)

This 17 year old’s confession was voluntary even though he had a fifth grade reading level, suffered from various mental disorders, and that the investigating officers did not allow him to speak to his mother. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Juvenile Justice, Voluntary

Defendant Is Eligible For Mandatory X Sentencing Because He Turned 21 By The Time The Court Found Him Guilty

January 26, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Smith, 2016 IL 119659 (December). Episode 288 (Duration 8:06) 

Defendant is eligible for mandatory x sentencing because he turned 21 by the time the court found him guilty even though he was under 21 at the time he was charged.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Mandatory X, Voluntary

Defendant Likely Tortured Into Confessing: Relief Not Warranted

January 18, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Hauad, 2016 IL App (1st) 150583 (December). Episode 284 (Duration 5:44)

The Torture Commission Report constitutes only a reassessment of evidence available to defendant before he filed his prior postconviction petitions, and thus it does not qualify as new evidence. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Voluntary

Crazy Wife And Mother-In-Law Coerce A False Confession

December 5, 2016 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Burgund, 2016 IL App (5th) 130119 (November). Episode 265 (Duration 22:49)

Predatory convictions and life sentence reversed because defendant was not allowed to use an expert witness on false confessions.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Voluntary

This Voluntary Confession is Suppressed, Minor With IQ 70

August 10, 2016 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…]

Filed Under: Juvenile Justice, Voluntary

Recorded Interrogation Justifies Holding Defendant More Than 98 Hours Before Seeing a Judge

July 17, 2016 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…]

Filed Under: Voluntary

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