People v. Lomeli, 2017 IL App (3d) 150815 (December). Episode 434 (Duration 9:18)
Defendant gets stopped for having a rosary hanging from his rearview mirror.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Lomeli, 2017 IL App (3d) 150815 (December). Episode 434 (Duration 9:18)
Defendant gets stopped for having a rosary hanging from his rearview mirror.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
In re Tyreke H., 2017 IL App (1st) 170406 (September). Episode 402 (Duration 10:10)
Kid on a bike is stopped because he’s a witness to a murder, then they see a gun in his pocket.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Ringland, 2017 IL 119484 (June). Episode 360 (Duration 13:06)
Prosecutors cannot designated officials with general policing power.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Veal, 2017 IL App (1st) 150500 (May). Episode 350 (Duration 4:30)
When a driver is arrested does that then mean that the passengers are free to leave and go on their way?
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
In Episode 340 (Duration 14:18) of the Criminal Nuggets Podcast, Kim Bilbrey of the Kane County Public Defender’s office indulges me as I ask about one of the easiest ways for police to search a car without a warrant.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. West, 2017 IL App (3d) 130802 (March). Episode 329 (Duration 10:59)
This obvious drug interdiction traffic stop was nonetheless 100% consensual.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Williams, 2017 IL App (3d) 150879 (February). Episode 312 (Duration 10:26)
Off duty officer outside his jurisdiction stops defendant for swerving; this leads to a DUI arrest.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Bond, 2016 IL App (1st) 152007 (November). Episode 262 (Duration 8:00)
Can a Blue Island police officer enter the city of Chicago, an adjoining municipality, and exercise his police powers when he observes an illegally parked vehicle in violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code?
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Biagi, 2017 IL App (5th) 150244 (January). Episode 297 (Duration 8:23)
Trial court erred in granting this petition to rescind the statutory summary suspension in this drug based DUI arrest.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Day, 2016 IL App (3d) 150852 (January). Episode 294 (Duration 10:56)
Statutory summary suspension is rescinded after improper SFSTs fail to establish probable cause for DUI arrest. [Read more…]