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Man With A Gun Case Shows Some Judges Just Think Police Should Not Patrol Certain Neighborhoods

January 3, 2023 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Lockett, 2022 IL App (1st) 190716 (December). Episode 854 (Duration 12:00)

Cook County says there was no right to pat this guy down because holding your weight is no big thing.

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Filed Under: Illinois Gun Crimes, Pat Down, Reasonable Suspicion

Illinois Supreme Court Says Officer Safety Still Plays A Role When Police See A Man With a Gun

December 20, 2022 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Carter, 2021 IL 125954 (December). Episode 846 (Duration 8:09)

911 call of man with a gun leads to the arrest of this defendant creating constitutional questions.

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Filed Under: Anonymous Tip, Illinois Gun Crimes, Reasonable Suspicion

Valid FOID Card Did Not Preclude UUW Conviction When Defendant Is Acting Fishy

December 4, 2022 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Edwards, 2020 IL App (1st) 182245 (December). Episode 843 (Duration 6:00)

This is a “man with a gun” case that the state wins guided primarily by officer safety concerns.

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Filed Under: Illinois Gun Crimes, Traffic Stop, UUW

Man With A Gun Case Goes To The Defense

November 17, 2022 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Bloxton, 2020 IL App (1st) 181216 (December). Episode 838 (Duration 6:18)

Man with a bulge in his pocket attempts to walk away from police but he is stopped and arrested.

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Filed Under: Illinois Gun Crimes, Probable Cause, Reasonable Suspicion

Nothing In The Precedent Says Police Can Never Have Probable Cause To Detain Someone Who Is Seen With A Gun

September 8, 2022 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Ellis, 2020 IL App (1st) 190774 (September). Episode 815 (Duration 6:33)

Probable cause remains alive and active when police see a man handle a gun.

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Filed Under: Illinois Gun Crimes, Probable Cause

Running Away From Police While Holding A Gun Still Not A Good Idea

August 31, 2022 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Wilson, 2020 IL App (1st) 170443 (September). Episode 814 (Duration 10:32)

The court sustained this gun conviction but still found it necessary to chastise the police for doing their job.

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Filed Under: Illinois Gun Crimes, Probable Cause

State Can’t Prove Defendant Possessed The Gun Because It Was Not His House

August 24, 2022 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Milan, 2020 IL App (1st) 172181 (September). Episode 813 (Duration 4:57)

State didn’t prove the gun in the house belonged to defendant.

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Filed Under: UUW Tagged With: Corpus Delicti

Is Gun Ownership A True Civil Right?

June 17, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

Shawna Johnson v. The Department of State Police, 2020 IL 124213 (January). Episode 787 (Duration 14:27)

She was convicted of domestic battery but she can still get a FOID card.

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Filed Under: Illinois Gun Crimes

Dropsy, Smells-Me, Front Seating, and Other Testilying Testimony Has To Be Weighed On It’s Own Merit

June 2, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.


People v. Campbell
, 2019 IL App (1st) 161640 (April)
. Episode 630 (Duration 11:07)

Court is not insensitive to claims of “dropsy” testimony and “testilying.”

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Filed Under: Police, Traffic Stop, UUW

UUW Felon Where State Didn’t Sufficiently Tie Defendant To The Bullets

March 30, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Walker, 2020 IL App (1st) 162305 (March). Episode 755 (Duration 4:44)

State didn’t prove the bullets in the bedroom where the defendant’s.

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Filed Under: UUW

Illinois Supreme Court Says Prosecutors Don’t Have To Admit The Gun To Win A Gun Conviction

March 23, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. McLaurin, 2020 IL 124563 (March). Episode 752 (Duration 9:32)

Conviction back on the table even though the state does not admit the gun into evidence.

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Filed Under: Evidence, Illinois Gun Crimes

Armed Violence Cannot Be Predicated On Another Gun Crime

March 17, 2020 By Samuel Partida, Jr.

People v. Cady, 2020 2020 IL App (3d) 190199 (March). Episode 750 (Duration 6:22)

Defendant should have been allowed to withdraw his guilty plea because he could not be convicted of armed violence under these circumstances.

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Filed Under: Armed Violence

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