People v. Currie, 2022 IL App (4th) 210598 (May). Episode 944 (Duration 8:43)
certified copies of conviction alone are admissible evidence of defendant’s propensity to commit acts of domestic violence.
[Read more…]Can A Defense Attorney Retroactively Vacate an Order of Protection?
People v. Soskin, 2021 IL App (2d) 191017 (October). Episode 913 (Duration 4:06)
Answer: Hell no, a divorce attorney cannot bind the prosecution with a divorce decree that back dates the dismissal of an order of protection.
[Read more…]Forfeiture By Wrongdoing Does Not Require Any Overt Threats or Coercion
People v. Golden, 2021 IL App (2d) 200207 (September). Episode 907 (Duration 9:34)
Any conduct intended to interfere with a witness’s availability to testify at the defendant’s trial constitutes wrongdoing.
[Read more…]Purely Sexual Relationship Can Constitute A Dating Relationship
People v. Allen, 2020 IL App (2d) 180473 (November). Episode 833 (Duration 7:19)
A purely sexual relationship is likely also a dating relationship.
[Read more…]Domestic Battery Hearsay Takes A Backseat To Crawford
People v. Busch, 2020 IL App (2d) 180229 (September). Episode 822 (Duration 7:22)
725 ILCS 5/115-10.2a is technically a valid and constitutional statute but the Crawford analysis typically controls the admissibility of hearsay statements.
[Read more…]“Family Or Household Member” Status Intentionally Has No Time Limit
People v. Gray, 2017 IL 120958 (September). Episode 410 (Duration 8:33)
Although they had stopped dating for 20 years defendant was still in a “family or household member” of the victim.
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