CLE for lawyers through a podcast.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (3.7MB)
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.
Read moreBy Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Wise, 2019 IL App (2d) 160611 (February). Episode 600 (Duration 5:57)
Drugs are found upstairs when defendant was downstairs, is this still armed violence?
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Brown, 2018 IL App (3d) 150070-B (July). Episode 519 (Duration 5:48)
UUW Felon does not merge with armed violence predicated on drug possession. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
In Illinois the difference between actual and constructive possession is explained by Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction 4.16 defining possession.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Hernandez, 2016 IL 118672 (May). Episode 175 (Duration 7:12)
The common-law definition of “dangerous weapon” found in the armed robbery statute is broader than the definition of “dangerous weapon” in the armed violence statute. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (3.1MB)
People v. Ligon, 2016 IL 118023 (February). Episode 162 (Duration 6:45)
Many objects can qualify as dangerous weapons for purposes of aggravated vehicular hijacking, but not as to armed violence. [Read more…]