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.
[Read more…]State Can’t Prove Defendant Possessed The Gun Because It Was Not His House
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.
[Read more…]Dropsy, Smells-Me, Front Seating, and Other Testilying Testimony Has To Be Weighed On It’s Own Merit
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.”
[Read more…]UUW Felon Where State Didn’t Sufficiently Tie Defendant To The Bullets
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.
Read moreWhat If The Gun Is In The Car But No People Are In The Car What Does That Mean?
People v. Thomas, 2019 IL App (1st) 162791 (November). Episode 706 (Duration 8:41)
Officer sees a gun and arrests defendant, but defendant was not in the car. [Read more…]
Gun In A Car Means What Exactly
People v. Balark, 2019 IL App (1st) 171626 (November). Episode 705 (Duration 14:47)
Officer sees a gun and arrests defendant, was that premature or proper? [Read more…]
UUW Felon: On Or About The Person Does Not Mean Found Any Where In The Car
People v. Wise, 2019 IL App (3d) 170252 (September). Episode 693 (Duration 12:26)
Gun was in a van in the third row back so did defendant really have access to the gun? [Read more…]
Jump Out Squad: Metallic Object In A Waistband Is Nothing More Than A Hunch It’s A Gun
People v. Horton, 2019 IL App (1st) 142019-B (September). Episode 692 (Duration 12:33)
Police see a gun and chase a man into a house inside they find a gun. [Read more…]
Is It Constitutional To Ban Guns From Public Housing?
People v. Cunningham, 2019 IL App (1st) 160709 (March). Episode 611 (Duration 9:18)
Defendant gets 3 years for shooting himself in the leg in a housing project; this UUW version is constitutional.
UUW Provision Banning Stun Guns Is Shot Down As Unconstitutional
People v. Webb, 2019 IL 122951 (March). Episode 610 (Duration 6:17)
Another version of UUW is held unconstitutional; this time it’s the one banning tasers.
On Second Thought The State Should Help Root Out And Vacate Bad Gun Convictions
In re N.G., 2018 IL 121939 (August). Episode 524 (Duration 22:24)
McFadden is overruled.
Gun Laws Banning Firearms In Protected Places Are 100% Constitutional
People v. Bell, 2018 IL App (1st) 153373 (June). Episode 513 (Duration 7:40)
This UUW provision in a park is found constitutional. [Read more…]