This podcast covers case summaries distributed on 8/8/2025

Cases:

UNPUBLISHED People v. Amoako-Asiamah, 22CA0825 (August 7, 2025); When viewed alongside the other irregularities during the trial, the division could not conclude that Amoako-Asiamah received a fundamentally fair trial, and thus due process, after he was permitted to make a loud, rambling, unsworn statement to the jury during the prosecution's case in chief.

UNPUBLISHED People v. Blue, 22CA2075 (August 7, 2025); The division found insufficient evidence to sustain the attempted first degree murder (extreme indifference) (AEIM) conviction.

Links:

UNPUBLISHED People v. Amoako-Asiamah, 22CA0825 (August 7, 2025)

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UNPUBLISHED People v. Blue, 22CA2075 (August 7, 2025)

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Hardy v. Rabie, No. 24-1138 (August 4, 2025)

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/4ab90f0f-f82a-4bf1-9d30-7a279ea913ac.pdf?rdr=true

U.S. v. Guevara-Lopez, No. 24-2045 (August 4, 2025)

https://files.constantcontact.com/45bb5db5401/f85cfedb-cd18-49b9-8646-228a53a5b360.pdf?rdr=true

31 of 2025 Victory Newsletter

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