CLE for lawyers through a podcast.
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…]
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…]