By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Zarbock, 2022 IL App (2d) 210238 (August). Episode 957 (Duration 12:00)
The victim’s ultimate possession of the drugs, without more, did not provide defendant sufficient notice of her unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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People v. Duffie, 2021 IL App (1st) 171620 (September). Episode 909 (Duration 6:06)
Police did not have independent probable cause to search defendant’s pants as they were handing them to him to get dressed.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Horn, 2021 IL App (2d) 190190 (June). Episode 899 (Duration 6:42)
With drugs in the trunk of a car state did not establish probable cause to believe that defendant either (1) had knowledge of the urn or its contents or (2) exercised control over the urn or the vehicle.
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People v. Freeman, 2021 IL App (1st) 200053 (December). Episode 850 (6:18)
1st District reverses a drug conviction because of what they say can constitute wholly innocent conduct.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Jones, 2014 IL App (3d) 121016 (November). Episode 031 (Duration 10:34).
Drug trafficking evidence has shifted to more liberal interpretation of suspicious behavior around drugs delivered through the mail.
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