While written from the defense perspective, this handbook’s practical guidance and legal analysis will benefit defense counsel and prosecutors alike. It contains material written by criminal defense attorneys and judges who provide insight based on their experiences in the field, covering preliminary stages of criminal trial; arrest, search, and seizure; representing clients in the early stages of criminal action; confessions; pretrial discovery; pretrial motions; psychological issues and defenses; affirmative defenses; plea and sentence bargaining; and trial preparation. Also included are an in-depth analysis of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity – Today Act and discussions of the recent Molina decision.
Chapter 1 — Arrest, Search, and Seizure
Hon. Kathleen M. Pantle, Retired Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, Chicago, Ashleigh M. McKeigue and Andrew R. Sowle, Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Markham
Chapter 2 — Representing Clients in the Early Stages of a Criminal Action
Joshua B. Kutnick, Kutnick Law, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Confessions
Stephen L. Richards, Law Office of Stephen L. Richards, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Illinois Criminal Pretrial Discovery
Carly R. Patzke Reyes, Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Pretrial Motions
Stephen L. Richards, Law Office of Stephen L. Richards, Chicago
Chapter 6 —Cybercrimes and Use of E-Evidence in Criminal Cases
Marcos D. Reyes, Batovski & Associates, Maywood
Chapter 7 — Psychological Issues and Defenses
Keith Grant, Lake County Public Defender’s Office, Senior Supervising Attorney, Waukegan
Chapter 8 — Affirmative Defenses in Illinois
Michelle L. Sanders, Macon County Public Defender’s Office, Chief Public Defender, Decatur
Chapter 9 — Plea and Sentence Bargaining
Marcos D. Reyes, Batovski & Associates, Maywood
Chapter 10 — Trial Preparation
Keith Grant, Lake County Public Defender’s Office, Senior Supervising Attorney, Waukegan
