Chicago Criminal Defense Thomas C. Brandstrader
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Areas of Practice
Federal and State Criminal Defense
Federal and State Appeals
Death penalty cases
First degree murder
Reckless Homicide
Drugs and Narcotics
Extensive experience in:
Jury Trials, Bench Trials, Pretrial Motions,
Post Trial Motions, Sentencing Hearings,
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So you want to be a writer…..
Robbins on Ghostwriting for Pro Se Prisoners Ira P. Robbins (American University – Washington College of Law) has posted Ghostwriting: Filling in the Gaps of Pro Se Prisoners’ Access to the Courts (Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 23, No. … Continue reading
Right to silence…
Dov Fox has posted The Right to Silence Protects Mental Control (LAW AND NEUROSCIENCE, CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES, Vol. 13, M. Freeman, ed., Oxford University Press, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This chapter argues that a right of mental … Continue reading
It happens….
Gould & Leo on Wrongful Convictions Jon B. Gould and Richard A. Leo (pictured) (George Mason University – School of Public Policy and University of San Francisco – School of Law) have posted One-hundred Years of Getting It Wrong? Wrongful … Continue reading
This is certainly an interesting opinion of the right to privacy in ones’ home…
Stern on Homes and the Fourth Amendment Stephanie Stern (Chicago-Kent College of Law) has posted The Inviolate Home: Housing Exceptionalism in the Fourth Amendment (Cornell Law Review, Vol. 95, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article challenges Fourth … Continue reading
Clean the Slate….
Lahny R. Silva has posted Clean Slate: Expanding Expungements; Pardons For Non-Violent Federal Offenders (University of Cincinnati Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Over the past forty years, the United States Congress has passed legislation expanding the … Continue reading
Where did reasonable doubt come from….
Pillsbury on Doubt in Criminal Judgment Samuel H. Pillsbury (Loyola Law School Los Angeles) has posted Fear and Trembling in Criminal Judgment (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 2, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This review describes … Continue reading
Appellate process could use improvement….
indley on Innocence Protection in the Appellate Process Keith A. Findley (University of Wisconsin Law School) has posted Innocence Protection in the Appellate Process (Marquette Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: It is often said that truth … Continue reading
Eating away…..
Fourth Amendment news–”House votes to expand national DNA arrest database” House votes to expand national DNA arrest database by Declan McCullagh on CNET News: Millions of Americans arrested for but not convicted of crimes will likely have their DNA forcibly … Continue reading
Murder conviction reversed …..Thomas C. Brandstrader, attorney at law
Murder conviction reversed because of lapse in time By Pat Milhizer Law Bulletin staff writer In a case that features the longest time lapse between a crime and witness identification in Illinois, a state appeals panel reversed a man’s murder … Continue reading
Non testimonial hearsay..what is it?
Lynn McLain (University of Baltimore School of Law) has posted ‘I’m Going to Dinner with Frank’: Admissibility of Nontestimonial Statements of Intent When Their Relevance is to Prove the Actions of Someone Other than the Speaker (Cardozo Law Review, Forthcoming) … Continue reading
