Bevis v. City of Naperville and the Current State of the Second AmendmentBy Benjamin LawsonMarch 2024An overview of how we arrived at our present state of ambiguity about the second amendment’s scope and what the seventh circuit’s recent ruling in Bevis v. City of Naperville can tell us, if anything, about where we’re headed.
Is Silence an Admission?By Terrence WallaceMarch 2024In People v. Pinkett, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that a defendant’s post arrest silence was neither material nor relevant to show consciousness of guilt.
Voluntary Intoxication to Negate Specific Intent? People v. Grayer Gives the Green LightBy Mark Kevin Wykoff, Sr.March 2024The Illinois Supreme Court recently considered whether evidence of voluntary intoxication is relevant to the issue of intent given that the legislature amended section 6-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, removing voluntary intoxication as an affirmative defense
