By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Patterson, 2024 IL App (1st) 221619 (December). Episode 1094 (Duration 6:55)
It is well settled that a defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on self-defense if there is some evidence, however slight, in the record to support that defense.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Sloan, 2024 IL 129676 (November). Episode 1082 (Duration 11:03)
Regardless of how the incidents are characterized, there was no evidence to support that the victim was the initial aggressor in the driveway or inside the house.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. DeGrave, 2023 IL App (1st) 192479 (June). Episode 1000 (Duration 9:48)
In a self-defense case, evidence of the alleged victim’s propensity for violence—via prior acts of violence—is relevant because, if the victim was violent on another occasion, it makes it more likely that the victim was the aggressor on the occasion in question.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Yanez, 2022 IL App (3d) 200007 (May). Episode 945 (Duration 7:03)
Cases involving threats to persons inside a dwelling are governed by different standards, and it is far easier to establish a defense in such cases.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Rutigliano, 2020 IL App (1st) 171729 (May). Episode 776 (Duration 9:37)
Weirdest case yet, dude loses his shit at a superbowl part and stabs a guy in the eye.
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People v. Wilkinson, 2018 IL App (3d) 160173 (June). Episode 504 (Duration 15:06)
Defendant beats back a racist aggressor; now he’s doing 3 years.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Gibbs, 2016 IL App (1st) 140785 (June). Episode 202 (Duration 7:56)
Was it error for the judge to deny defendant’s motion to continue the trial so he could build up his Lynch material?
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
See People v. Jones, 2015 IL App (2d) 130387 (March). Episode 063. (Duration 20:19)
An unlawful arrest by police cannot legally be resisted by a citizen. That is just the law. [Read more…]