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Incomplete Print And Incomplete Finger Print Analysis Leads To Reversal

April 7, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Cline, 2020 IL App (1st) 172631 (March). Episode 759 (Duration 8:37)

Incomplete finger print analysis by examiner on the job about a year leads to a reversal of this residential burglary.

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Prosecutors Rebuked For Their Use Of This Expert Witness

February 4, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. King, 2020 IL 123926 (January). Episode 732 (Duration 15:52)

State’s use of an expert witness was wholly inappropriate in that they just wanted a 13th juror who supported their arguments.

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Proving Up Gang Member Status In The Illinois Crime Of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Street Gang Member

November 19, 2019 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Murray, 2019 IL 123289 (October). Episode 702 (Duration 11:39) [Read more…]

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Use Of A Gang Expert To Prove Up Membership In A Gang Might Be Required

July 24, 2019 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Beck, 2019 IL App (1st) 161626 (June). Episode 655 (Duration 11:06)

State needs an expert to establish the P Stones are a street gang. [Read more…]

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Eyewitness Expert Not Allowed To Get Into Individual Witnesses Reliability

April 22, 2019 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501 (March). Episode 618 (Duration 11:38)

Kid got his eyewitness expert witness on the stand, but the witness was not allowed to get into what she thought about the reliability of the witness.

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Filed Under: Expert, Eyewitness

Will You Be Ineffective If You Don’t Call An Eyewitness Expert Witness?

March 19, 2019 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Macklin, 2019 IL App (1st) 161165 (March). Episode 604 (Duration 9:02)

Was defense counsel ineffective for not calling an eyewitness expert witness?

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Filed Under: Expert, Eyewitness

Expert Testimony On Drug Use Is Not Always Required Sometimes Any Joe Shmoe Can Identify Impairment From Drug Use

September 25, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Gocmen, 2018 IL 122388 (September). Episode 540 (Duration 14:15)

In obvious cases an officer need not be a drug detection expert to conclude a driver is under the influence of drugs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Expert, Police, Probable Cause

How To Keep Out Expert Witness Testimony That On Paper Seems Admissible

September 2, 2018 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. King, 2018 IL App (2d) 151112 (August). Episode 530 (Duration 16:26)

State’s expert witness who came in to plug the holes in their case got a little carried away.

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Retrograde Extrapolation Evidence Is Back Stronger And Better Than Ever

December 6, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Beck, 2017 IL App (4th) 160654 (November). Episode 424 (Duration 11:51)

Defendant crosses the centerline and collides head on with another car resulting in serious brain damage to the other driver, this 54 page opinion results. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Breathalyzer, Expert, Police

Defendant Was Entitled To Court Appointed Funds To Pay For Expert Witness On Cell Phone Records

September 20, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Djurdjulov, 2017 IL App (1st) 142258 (September). Episode 393 (Duration 22:18)

Defendant gets a new trial because the trial judge refused to pay for a phone records expert. [Read more…]

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Trial Court Distinguishes The Hell Out Of Lerma To Deny The Use Of Eyewitness Expert

February 13, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Anderson, 2017 IL App (1st) 122640 (January). Episode 293 (Duration  10:22)

Trial court distinguishes Lerma to deny the use of an eyewitness expert in this case. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Expert, Eyewitness

How To Win A Motion For Funds To Hire An Expert With Joshua Kutnick

January 9, 2017 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

Criminal law attorney Joshua B. Kutnick has seen some success with a motion for funds. Episode 278 (Duration 23:42) [Read more…]

Filed Under: Expert, Podcast

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