People v. Hood, 2019 IL App (1st) 162194 (December). Episode 725 (Duration 14:37)
Another well thought out “man with a gun” case, there’s a strong dissent, but officer safety is front and center.
Read moreBy Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Hood, 2019 IL App (1st) 162194 (December). Episode 725 (Duration 14:37)
Another well thought out “man with a gun” case, there’s a strong dissent, but officer safety is front and center.
Read moreBy Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Jordan, 2019 IL App (4th) 190223 (December). Episode 720 (Duration 9:23)
Officers approach a young man in a car and get the dog out to sniff, was that reasonable?
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Dunmire, 2019 IL App (4th) 190316 (December). Episode 717 (Duration 12:41)
This department has no way to test the tint on a window but that doesn’t stop officers from stopping cars with tinted windows.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. McCavitt, 2019 IL App (3d) 170830 (November). Episode 716 (Duration 9:52)
Defendant was acquitted of criminal sexual assault but they didn’t look at the computer to carefully, state did not have the right to reexamine the computer year’s later.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Augusta, 2019 IL App (3d) 170309 (November). Episode 707 (Duration 7:34)
Police grabbed defendant by the throat to pull some plastic baggies out of his mouth.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
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…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
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…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Teague, 2019 IL App (3d) 170017 (October). Episode 700 (Duration 11:08)
Police get a search warrant for his house based on one control buy that did not occur at his house. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S. 405 (2005). SCOTIS Notice (Duration 1:43)
This is the SCOTUS case that set the framework for the use of drug dogs in the United States. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. McMichaels, 2019 IL App (1st) 163053 (October). Episode 696 (Duration 16:31)
Another guy with a gun gets arrested just for having a gun. [Read more…]