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Police Nuggets

Criminal law podcast for Illinois law enforcement officers

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Garrity v. New Jersey

Garrity v. New Jersey

Episode 481 (Duration 11:39) Police investigations and follow up prosecutions of other police officers involve slightly ... Read more

25 Apr 2018

11mins

Ranked #2

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Scott’s Law In Illinois 625 ILCS 5/11-907(c)

Scott’s Law In Illinois 625 ILCS 5/11-907(c)

Scott’s Law in Illinois is the requirement that drivers slow down and move over when police cars or other emergency vehi... Read more

18 Mar 2020

13mins

Ranked #3

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Police Search This Property Without A Warrant State Concedes Some Illegality

Police Search This Property Without A Warrant State Concedes Some Illegality

In re K.M., 2019 IL App (1st) 172322 (February). Episode 595 (Duration 13:05) Police entered onto private property witho... Read more

13 Mar 2020

13mins

Ranked #4

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When Is A Criminal Informant Considered A Witness Who Has To Testify?

When Is A Criminal Informant Considered A Witness Who Has To Testify?

People v. Monroy-Jaimes, 2019 IL App (2d) 160426 (January). Episode 586 (Duration 9:38) Interesting use of an informant,... Read more

26 Feb 2020

9mins

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Traffic Stop Based On Mistaken Identity Leads To An Odor Of Cannabis

Traffic Stop Based On Mistaken Identity Leads To An Odor Of Cannabis

People v. Hill, 2019 IL App (4th) 180041 (January). Episode 584 (Duration 16:08) Officer sees passenger riding low in th... Read more

12 Feb 2020

16mins

Ranked #6

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Defendant Says This Was A DUI With No Proof Of Driving

Defendant Says This Was A DUI With No Proof Of Driving

People v. Day, 2019 IL App (4th) 160217 (January). Episode 588 (Duration 16:46) He wasn’t behind the wheel but state sti... Read more

7 Mar 2020

16mins

Ranked #7

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Can The State Compel You To Give Up Your Phone Passcode?

Can The State Compel You To Give Up Your Phone Passcode?

People v. Spicer, 2019 IL App (3d) 170814 (March). Episode 602 (Duration 11:56) Can the prosecution compel you to give u... Read more

15 Apr 2020

11mins

Ranked #8

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Police Use The Wrong Kind Of Warrant In A Murder Investigation

Police Use The Wrong Kind Of Warrant In A Murder Investigation

People v. Boose, 2018 IL App (2d) 170016 (March). Episode 476 (Duration 11:08) Sloppy drafting of a warrant means all th... Read more

16 Apr 2018

11mins

Ranked #9

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Court Is Taking The Discovery Rules Seriously In Summary Suspension Hearings

Court Is Taking The Discovery Rules Seriously In Summary Suspension Hearings

People v. Patel, 2019 IL App (2d) 170766 (March). Episode 603 (Duration 19:01) State failed to produce discover for the ... Read more

20 Apr 2020

19mins

Ranked #10

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Big Problem In Lake County When State’s Attorney Didn’t Sign The Overhear Applications

Big Problem In Lake County When State’s Attorney Didn’t Sign The Overhear Applications

People v. Allard, 2018 IL App (2d) 160927 (February). Episode 486 (Duration 9:35) Lake County State Attorney didn’t sign... Read more

15 May 2018

9mins

Ranked #11

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Rare Blood Disease Does Not Constitute Extraordinary Circumstance In This Aggravated DUI

Rare Blood Disease Does Not Constitute Extraordinary Circumstance In This Aggravated DUI

People v. Lawson, 2018 IL App (4th) 170105 (March). Episode 483 (Duration 8:25) Defendant had a rare blood condition, th... Read more

1 May 2018

8mins

Ranked #12

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When Easily Identifiable Informants Are Treated As Anonymous Tipsters

When Easily Identifiable Informants Are Treated As Anonymous Tipsters

People v. Holmes, 2019 IL App (1st) 160987 (March). Episode 601 (Duration 9:33) An essentially anonymous tip was treated... Read more

23 Mar 2020

9mins

Ranked #13

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Expect Defense Attorneys To Loose Their Mind When You Don’t Give Them The Body Cam Video

Expect Defense Attorneys To Loose Their Mind When You Don’t Give Them The Body Cam Video

Episode 724 (Duration 33:57). Chicago defense attorney Peter Lewis explains what a litigant can do… when their criminal ... Read more

8 Jan 2020

33mins

Ranked #14

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Ron Hain Kane County Sheriff Has An Interesting Program In The Jail

Ron Hain Kane County Sheriff Has An Interesting Program In The Jail

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain has instituted a series of new inmate programs. Episode 667 (Duration 34:37) The Kane Count... Read more

1 Aug 2019

34mins

Ranked #15

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Mitchell v. Wisconson on Warrantless Blood Draw

Mitchell v. Wisconson on Warrantless Blood Draw

Mitchell v. Wisconsin, SCOTUS No. 18–6210, Decided June 27, 2019. Episode 647 (Duration 22:02) (Police can draw blood fr... Read more

8 Jul 2019

22mins

Ranked #16

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In Light Of The New Gun Laws Can An Illinois Officer Stop And Detain A Person With A Gun?

In Light Of The New Gun Laws Can An Illinois Officer Stop And Detain A Person With A Gun?

Episode 643 (Duration 31:51) Illinois attorney Gary True explains the risk involved for anyone who reveals their gun in ... Read more

4 Jun 2019

31mins

Ranked #17

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What Happens During A Traffic Stop

What Happens During A Traffic Stop

People v. Kruckenberg, 2019 IL App (3d) 170505-U. Episode 628 (Duration 31:43). Matthew Paulson and Larry Vandersnick de... Read more

15 May 2019

31mins

Ranked #18

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Officers Have To Be Very Careful About How They Answer Questions In The Grand Jury Room

Officers Have To Be Very Careful About How They Answer Questions In The Grand Jury Room

People v. Rebollar-Vergara, 2019 IL App (2d) 140871 (March). Episode 616 (Duration 15:29) Defendant gets into an argumen... Read more

17 Apr 2019

12mins

Ranked #19

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It’s Completely Legal To Ban Guns From Public Housing

It’s Completely Legal To Ban Guns From Public Housing

People v. Cunningham, 2019 IL App (1st) 160709 (March). Episode 611 (Duration 9:18) Defendant gets 3 years for shooting ... Read more

5 Apr 2019

11mins

Ranked #20

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Police Chase Some Men, See A Gun And Arrest Them – Is That Legal?

Police Chase Some Men, See A Gun And Arrest Them – Is That Legal?

People v. Thomas, 2019 IL App (1st) 170474 (March). Episode 609 (Duration 11:51) Police see a defendant hand a gun to an... Read more

2 Apr 2019

18mins

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