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Brown v. Illinois, U.S. Supreme Court, 422 U.S. 590 (1975)(representing Brown)(held: that the mere recitation of Miranda warnings in the context of a warrantless and illegal arrest/interrogation violates the values inherent in the overlapping of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution);
Browder v. Illinois Dep't of Corrections, U.S. Supreme Court, 434 U.S. 257 (1978) (representing successful petitioner Browder) (though the federal habeas statute is "sui generis," the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure governing the time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional and the State's late filing of its notice of appeal is a nullity);
United States v. Cannon, 539 F.3d 601 (7th Cir. 2008), cert. den., 129 S. Ct. 2013; 173 L. Ed. 2d 1106 (2009);
People v. Roy Caballes, 221 Ill.2d 282, 851 N.E.2d 26 (2006) (on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States)(whether Illinois should abandon the “lock-step doctrine” in cases arising under both the Illinois Constitution’s right of privacy in Art. 1, § 6 and the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - held: no by 4-3 vote;
United States v. Gilmer, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28070 (N.D. IL. 2005) (govt use of defendants’ statements barred at trial);
U.S. ex rel. Van Pelt v. Warden, 461 F. Supp. 618 (N.D. IL. 1978) (writ awarded for double jeopardy claim);
Joe Penny v. United States, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19436 (N.D. IL.) (granted evidentiary hearing; court found petition untimely as prisoner knew of relationship between his prior attorney and trial counsel);
People v. C. Hunt, 26 Ill.App.3d 776, 326 N.E.2d 164 (1st Dist. 1975) (66 day delay between arrest and preliminary hearing violated the state constitutional right to a preliminary hearing but dismissal of charges is not required);
People v. Carlson, 79 Ill.2d 564, 404 N.E.2d 233 (1980)(death sentence vacated);
People v. Wm. Hill, 78 Ill.2d 465, 401 N.E.2d 517 (1980) (murder conviction improper in death penalty case);
Doherty v. Caisley, 104 Ill.2d 72, 470 N.E.2d 319 (1984);
People v. A. Rodriguez, 312 Ill. App. 3d 920; 728 N.E.2d 695 (1st Dist. 2000)(conviction for murder and 60 year sentence reversed for lack of reliable evidence);
United States v. R. Re and A. Calabrese, 401 F.3d 828 (limited remand), 419 F.3d 582 (7th Cir. 2006), cert den.: Whether defendants could be convicted under the Hobbs Act where interstate commerce connections were not adequately proven; whether the 7th Circuit’s presumption of a reasonable sentence if within the Sentencing Guidelines’ range is constitutional in light of Booker);
United States v. Zizzo (James Marcello), 120 F.3d 1338 (7th Cir. 1997);
United States v. Karda (Sorensen), 58 F.3d 1154(7th Cir. 1995)(sentence vacated for failure to comply with Guidelines);
R. Milone v. Camp, 22 F.3d 693 (7th Cir., cert. den.) (court agrees petitioner has shown likely innocence for offense but holds one who is "probably" innocent can not receive any relief in federal habeas corpus);
People v. Cassazza (1991), 144 Ill.2d 414, cert. den. (defendants' Fourth Amendment right to be free from unlawful search and seizure on their yacht upheld; police threat to remove them from yacht while warrant obtained held coercive);
People v. Neil Blitstein (1st Dist.1989), 192 Ill.App.3d 281 (conviction for theft by deception of $150,000 from employer reversed outright for failure to prosecute within the statute of limitations);
People v. Clark (1986), 114 Ill.2d 450 (aggravated arson conviction void; presumption of coercion in a confession not applicable where defendant did not testify at his hearing as to circumstances leading to emergency surgery on his thorax);
People ex rel. Doherty v. Caisley, 104 Ill.2d 72, 470 N.E.2d 319 (abuse of trial court’s discretionary authority found; supervisory order entered);
People ex rel. Davis v. Vazquez (1982), 92 Ill.2d 132 (mandamus; minor entitled to release or bail on appeal where State appeals denial of transfer);
People ex rel. Daley v. Hon. John Limperis (1981), 86 Ill.2d 459 (state's writ of mandamus denied as violating defendant's double jeopardy rights based on allegation of erroneous factual determination by trial court);
People v. D. Lang, 76 Ill.2d 311 (1979)(remand for fitness hearing, and if found fit, for a determination of “dangerousness” under the Mental Health Code);
People ex rel. Mosley v. Carey, 74 Ill.2d 527 (allowed extraordinary write of mandamus to issue to examine before trial a claim of double jeopardy arising after declaration of a mistrial);
People v. F. Creque, 72 Ill.2d 515 (1978)(court rejected any limits on grand jury indictments despite new provisions of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, leading to legislative corrective statute);
People v. Redmond, 67 Ill.2d 242 (1977)(all felony prosecutions shall be by information or indictment; if by information, there must be a preliminary hearing; one may be prosecuted for all offenses arising from the same transaction, though the preliminary hearing is held only on some of those crimes)(court’s reliance on California authority raises question as to scope of decisision as that case is far more restrictive on the power of the prosecution;
People v. Williams, 57 Ill.2d 239 (1974)(defendant’s affirmative defense of dwelling raised in homicide prosecution reaffirmed - dismissal of prosecution affirmed);
People v. M. Kelley, 133 Ill.App.2d 151, 272 N.E.2d 825 (1st Dist. 1971)(life sentence on conviction for sale of heroin reversed for insufficient evidence);
People v. L. Lindsey, 73 Ill.App.3d 436 , 392 N.E.2d 278 (1st Dist. 1979)(multiple 100 year sentences and convictions for multiple murders, rape, and arson reversed for insufficient evidence);
People v. Moorhead, 17 Ill.App.3d 521, 308 N.E.2d 381 (police action based on an “inarticulate hunch” does not constitute probable cause and therefore the arrest was illegal).
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