Ranked #1
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
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11mins
Ranked #2
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
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13mins
Ranked #3
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
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13mins
Ranked #4
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
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9mins
Ranked #5
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
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16mins
Ranked #6
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
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16mins
Ranked #7
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
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11mins
Ranked #8
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
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11mins
Ranked #9
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
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19mins
Ranked #10
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
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9mins
Ranked #11
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
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8mins
Ranked #12
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
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9mins
Ranked #13
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
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33mins
Ranked #14
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
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34mins
Ranked #15
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
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22mins
Ranked #16
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
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31mins
Ranked #17
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
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31mins
Ranked #18
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
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12mins
Ranked #19
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
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11mins
Ranked #20
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
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18mins