By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Alexander, 2017 IL App (1st) 142170 (June), People v. Brown, 2017 IL App (3d) 140514 (May), and People v. Washington, 2019 IL App (1st) 161742 (October). Episode 704 (Duration 15:26)
I think this is a better rule to help explain these cases.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Manning, 2018 IL 122081 (March). Episode 480 (Duration 21:31)
Jury wanted to know what happens if they can’t agree on second degree murder.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Alexander, 2017 IL App (1st) 142170 (June). Episode 370 (Duration 6:43)
Illogical verdicts in this trial won’t require reversal. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Brown, 2017 IL App (3d) 140514 (May). Episode 367 (Duration 14:51)
The jury signed the not guilty of first degree murder conviction and they signed the second degree murder instruction, this was inconsistent, yet the conviction is sustained.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, SCOTUS (March 2017). Episode 310 (Duration 6:59). Should the rules allow judges to do something about bigotry that’s discovered during jury deliberations?