This week's roundup covers DNA expert foundations, extended-term sentencing after Erlinger, mistaken sentencing ranges at revocation, out-of-state charges as grounds for revoking pretrial release, notice and prejudice in post-conviction claims, and holding the State to its charged theory. People v. Taylor — The Fourth District overruled Safford, holding gaps in a DNA expert's explanation go to weight, not admissibility, and affirmed a 57-year sentence for accountability-based felony murder — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10925743/people-v-taylor/ People v. Cooper — The Fifth District held Erlinger doesn't invalidate Illinois' extended-term sentencing statute and a guilty plea waives Apprendi-style challenges to it — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10925553/people-v-cooper/ People v. Boyd — The Third District vacated a resentencing where the judge mistakenly believed the sentencing range was higher than it actually was, even though the sentence imposed fell within the correct range — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10920784/people-v-boyd/ People v. Ford — The Fourth District held that out-of-state felony or Class A misdemeanor charges can support revocation of Illinois pretrial release under section 110-6 — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10920782/people-v-ford/ People v. Dalcollo — The Third District affirmed dismissal of a post-conviction petition, finding no due process violation from proceeding on nol-prossed counts because the defendant's own filings showed actual notice and no prejudice — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10919074/people-v-dalcollo/ People v. Jennings — The Fifth District reversed a weapons conviction because the State was bound to its charged theory and reduced an aggravated battery conviction after finding an apartment complex driveway wasn't a public way — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10915011/people-v-jennings/ People v. Podcast is presented by DRD Law, LLC, Chicago | drdlawllc.com | (312) 909-6570. This podcast is attorney advertising and is not legal advice.

This week: an inflated sentencing range, a cross-border pretrial release revocation, a postconviction notice claim rebutted by the record, and a sufficiency reversal over sloppy charging language. People v. Boyd — A revocation sentence must be vacated as plain error where the record shows the court relied on an incorrect, inflated sentencing range, even though the sentence imposed fell within the properly admonished range — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10920784/people-v-boyd/ People v. Ford — Out-of-state felony charges can support revocation of Illinois pretrial release under section 110-6(a), since the statute contains no limitation to Illinois offenses — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10920782/people-v-ford/ People v. Dalcollo — A due process claim based on the State's failure to formally reinstate dismissed counts fails where the record shows the defendant had actual notice he was being tried on all charges — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10919074/people-v-dalcollo/ People v. Jennings — A weapons conviction cannot stand where the State charged and argued blade length alone as the basis for illegality, since blade length alone does not constitute a prohibited weapon under Illinois law, and a battery enhancement fails where the alleged public way was merely a private complex's internal driveway — https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10915011/people-v-jennings/ People v. Podcast is presented by DRD Law, LLC, Chicago | drdlawllc.com | (312) 909-6570. This podcast is attorney advertising and is not legal advice.