I first talked about Cristopher Geiler and his battle with the Troy Police Department back in Episode 065 of the Criminal Nuggets Podcast. [Read more…]
Full Name of Victim Required In Charging Instrument In All Non-Sex Cases
People v. Espinoza, 2015 IL 118218 (December 2015). Episode 121 (Duration 7:59)
To what extent must the state identify the victim in the charging instrument? [Read more…]
A Peek Into the Secret World Police Informants: What Happens When Police Break Their Deal With An Informant?
See People v. Stapinski, 2015 IL 118278 (August).Episode 100 (Duration 12:43).
This drug informant contract that didn’t turn out how Defendant thought it would. [Read more…]
Speeding Ticket Dismissed Due To Illinois Supreme Court Rule 552 Violation
See People v. Geiler, 2015 IL App (5th) 140423 (February). Episode 055 (Duration 14:27)
Pro se defendant files motion to dismiss his speeding ticket based on a violation of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 552. This private citizen uncovered a pattern of chronic rule violations by his local police department. [Read more…]
Intransigent Prosecution Gets Charges Dismissed After Refusing to Identify the Victim in the Information
Does the State have to identify the victim of crime in charges? An intransigent prosecution was not rewarded for disobeying the trial court’s order to amend the information by allowing them to proceed to trial on a defective charge. Charges were dismissed for not identifying the victim. [Read more…]
Filing A Motion to Dismiss For Prosecutorial Delay
Often enough, an accused is confronted with an arrest warrant for an offense that “happened years ago.” Usually, it happens during a traffic stop when the officer informs the driver that “he is going to have to take him in on a warrant.”