People v. Staake, 2016 IL App (4th) 140638 (November). Episode 260 (Duration 9:52)
Second degree murder is not a lesser included offense of first degree murder; it is a lesser mitigated offense of first degree murder.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Staake, 2016 IL App (4th) 140638 (November). Episode 260 (Duration 9:52)
Second degree murder is not a lesser included offense of first degree murder; it is a lesser mitigated offense of first degree murder.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Carey, 2016 IL App (1st) 131944 (August). Episode 228 (Duration 7:35)
Felony murder indictment failed to specify which predicate offense his felony murder was based on, conviction reversed.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Espinoza, 2015 IL 118218 (December 2015). Episode 121 (Duration 7:59)
To what extent must the state identify the victim in the charging instrument?
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Jackson, 2017 IL App (3d) 150154 (September). Episode 411 (Duration 11:31)
Again, State charges under the wrong SORA provision.
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