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2021 Spring Legislation – Criminal, Traffic, Juvenile, Animal By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, September 2021 Summaries of recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Legislation 2021—Outline Summary: 102d General Assembly Live Bills By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, September 2021 An outline of recent legislation.
Casenote: People v. Reed, 2020 IL 124940 By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, March 2021 A summary and analysis of People v. Reed.
Casenote: People v. Morger, 2019 IL 123643 By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, August 2020 A summary of People v. Morger, which looks at whether a statute prohibiting sex offenders from accessing social media is constitutional.
Case Note: People v. Drake By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, September 2019 A summary of People v. Drake, in which the court considered whether, in a double jeopardy sufficiency of evidence analysis, all evidence at trial—including improperly admitted evidence—should be considered when trial error justifies a remand for a new trial.
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The Smell of Cannabis & Legalization: What Is Probable Cause to Justify a Search? By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, September 2019 A look at what provides probably caused to justify a search of vehicle and its occupants.
New laws from the House By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2017 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Sentence reduction legislation leaves defendants in limbo: What’s a defendant to do? By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, September 2017 Practitioners must carefully determine if their client’s offense is affected by the changes in the legislation and if so, opt under the Statute on Statutes for their client to be sentenced to the reduced sentence.
HOUSE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, April 2017 Recent legislation affecting criminal law practitioners.
SENATE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, March 2017 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
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HOUSE BILLS & RESOLUTIONS – Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic from the 99th General Assembly By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2015 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
SENATE BILLS – Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic from the 99th General Assembly By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, November 2015 Recent Senate bills of interest to criminal law practitioners.
HOUSE BILLS – Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic 98th General Assembly By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, June 2015 Recent House bills of interest to criminal law practitioners.
SENATE BILLS – Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic 98th General Assembly By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, April 2015 Recent Senate Bills of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Case notes By Steve Baker, Sandra L. Byrd, & Laura Horner Criminal Justice, January 2015 Recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Case notes By Steve Baker, Edward Wasilewski, Tara H. Ori, & Lynn Cavallo Criminal Justice, December 2014 Recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Case notes By Rob Shumaker, Steve Baker, Kelly Doyle Coakley, Jameika Mangum, & Stephanie Radliff Criminal Justice, April 2014 Recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
SENATE BILLS—Criminal, Traffic & Juvenile from the 98th General Assembly By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2013 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
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HOUSE BILLS—Criminal, Traffic & Juvenile from the 98th General Assembly By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, November 2013 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
SENATE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, January 2013 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
HOUSE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2012 Recent legislation of interest to criminal law practitioners.
HOUSE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, February 2012 Recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
In re Jonathon C.B.: Shackling in juvenile court, no right to jury trial By Steve Baker Child Law, February 2012 A review of the recent case of In re Jonathon C.B. and its ramifications.
SENATE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2011 Recent legislation of interest to criminal practitioners.
Case notes By Hon. John A. Wasilewski, Mark Kevin Wykoff, Sr., Steve Baker, & John J. Rekowski Criminal Justice, November 2011 Recent cases of interest to criminal attorneys.
SENATE BILLS—Criminal, Traffic & Juvenile By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2010 Senate Bills passed by the Illinois General Assembly.
HOUSE BILLS—Criminal, Traffic & Juvenile By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, November 2010 House Bills passed by the Illinois General Assembly.
HOUSE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, January 2010 House Bills from the 96th Illinois General Assembly
SENATE BILLS—Criminal, Juvenile & Traffic By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2009 Illinois Senate bills of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Case summaries By Robert B. Anderson, Steve Baker, Kevin P. Nolan, Marc D. Wolfe, & Jacqueline M. Aldrich Criminal Justice, October 2009 Recent cases of interest to criminal law attorneys.

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