People v. Kadow, 2021 IL App (4th) 190103 (January). Episode 868 (Duration 5:19)
Here, we are dealing with an individual with a functional IQ of 50, who “requires interaction as though working with a very young child.”
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Kadow, 2021 IL App (4th) 190103 (January). Episode 868 (Duration 5:19)
Here, we are dealing with an individual with a functional IQ of 50, who “requires interaction as though working with a very young child.”
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Cain, 2021 IL App (1st) 191921 (December). Episode 859 (Duration 5:40)
If you don’t record the murder interrogation then you have to show the statement was voluntary.
[Read more…]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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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.
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…]
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.
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…]