The Second District has reversed judgments from cases presided over by Daniel B. Shanes. Two published opinions identify the precise legal errors and the relief ordered. Their holdings supply concrete comparisons for questions about fair process, evidentiary burdens, and the treatment of constitutional claims.
People v. Carbajal · 2013 IL App (2d) 111018
Filed March 7, 2013, No. 2-11-1018. The opinion identifies Shanes as the trial judge. The Second District reversed the burglary judgment and remanded for a new trial because the State’s closing arguments misstated the law and shifted the burden of proof in a closely balanced case. The court identified five erroneous remarks and held that the trial court’s admonishments did not cure their prejudicial effect. See paragraphs 29–48.
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The useful comparison concerns the State’s evidentiary burden and the court’s obligation to prevent a legally false framework from deciding the case. Identify that mechanism and the present record’s corresponding facts when making the comparison.
People v. Hoare · 2018 IL App (2d) 160727
Filed January 17, 2018, No. 2-16-0727. The opinion identifies Shanes as the judge whose summary dismissal was under review. The Second District held that the postconviction petition presented an arguable claim of ineffective assistance concerning the immigration consequences of a guilty plea, reversed the summary dismissal, and remanded for further proceedings. The court examined both deficient-advice and prejudice allegations at the first-stage threshold. Its analysis applies the intervening 2017 Lee v. United States decision; footnote 3 records that the trial court ruled before Lee.
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That comparison concerns closing a procedural gateway before a constitutional claim receives the review required at that stage. Match the procedural stage and holding to the question being asked.
Follow the present record
Shanes’s sourced profile. The October supervisory proceeding. The November 2 administrative-review motion.