CLE for lawyers through a podcast.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Gray, 2016 IL App (1st) 141196 (March). Episode 152 (Duration 4:03)
Drug officers were themselves charged with distributing narcotics and Defendant was not told about the investigation before he plead guilty to his own drug charges. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (2.2MB)
People v. Moore, 2016 IL App (1st) 133814 (February). Episode 149 (Duration 4:49)
Lost photo arrays were not done in bad faith, so no due process violation occurred. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (2.4MB)
People v. Tsiamas, 2015 IL App (2d) 140859 (December 2015). Episode 122 (Duration 5:12)
Add this case to the list of “DUI Discovery Violation” cases we should know about. Defense team is entitled to the booking room video. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (7.9MB)
See People v. Olson, 2015 IL App (2d) 140267 (June). Episode 077 (Duration 17:22)
Does every DUI discovery violation result in suppression of evidence? When is it appropriate for a trial judge to exclude field sobriety tests? [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Recently, I discussed police dog discovery. I presented that topic as a way to gather the tools necessary to challenge the reliability of a drug dog sniff. [Read more…]