Thomas C. Brandstrader, Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney ~ Appeals

Counsel has authored over 250 appellate briefs on the State and Federal level along with being a panel attorney for the Office of the State Appellate Defender’s office since 2002.

People v Aether, 08-0866; People v Aguilar 396 Ill.App.3d 43; People v Alcantar 1-04-1005; People v Alexander 1-94-0813; People v Almond 1-96-1114; People v Alvardo, 07-2232; People v Anderson 148 Ill.2d 15 People v Anima, 14-0504; People v Anson 1-97-2450; People v Arthur 1-94-4456; People v Ash, 08-3581; People v Ash, 12-3485; People v Ashe 113100 ; People v Ashe 124765 ; People v Baby etal. 1-94-1991-1999; People v Bajdo 05-2797; People v Barbary 2-98-0390; People v Beierwaltes 2-03-1242; People v Beltran, 14-1764; People v Bennett 2-98-0408; People v Beutler 07-1077; People v Beyah 1 -95-0320; People v Biro 123529; People v Blount 124450 ; People v Boer 1-95-2728; People v Brackens 2-98-0630; People v Bressendorf 4-02-0625; People v Briggs, 12-0115; People v Brown 1-93-3430; People v Brown 1-99-3459; People v Brown 277 Ill.App.3d 989; People v Brown, Terry 1-16-1540; People v Bryant 07-2220; People v Burton, Michael T. 2-17-0700; People v Caban 1-89-2870;People v Carballido 2015 IL App (2d) 140760;People v Carey 1-98-0770;People v Cervantes 1- 00-3865; People v Cervantes 1-03-1165; People v Chest, 09-1031; People v Childs 1-95-2933 ; People v Clark 1-95-2605; People v Cobbins 1-18-1660 ; People v Cole 1-95-3300; People v Collins 106 Ill.2d 237; People v Collins 214 Ill.2d 206; People v Connors 2017 IL App (1st) 162440; People v Cooper 1-93-3431; People v Corley, 08-0473; People v Cornelius Diggins 1-21-0726 ; People v Corral 2019 IL App (1st) 171501; People v Cunningham 212 Ill.2d 274 People v Curry, 13-0009; People v Del Grosso 1-91-3971; People v Del Prete 05-0868; People v Delgado 125540 ; People v Diaz 1-95-1820; People v Dorrough 407 Ill.App.3d 252; People v Duan 05-0515; People v Edwards 1-00-0016; People v Ehlers, 11-0131; People v Elam 1/18/75 ; People v Ephraim 1-03-3638; People v Espinoza 1-91-1217; People v Estrada, 14-1806; People v Evans 209 Ill.2d 194; People v Ewing 1-95-0877; People v Fields 125943 ; People v Figiel 1-88-3373; People v Fluker, 13-1263; People v Ford 1-98-2433; People v Fortner, 08-1710; People v Foy, 09-0588; People v Foy, 12-2099; People v Frawley 1-03-3174; People v Fuller 1-24-1068 People v Galloway, Almond 5-22-0081; People v Garcia 2022 IL App (2d) 210488; People v Gaston, 11-3460; People v Gilchrist 1-96-0051; People v Givens, Derrick L. 2-19-0132 ; People v Goldman 06-0344; People v Gomez 402 Ill.App.3d 945; People v Greco 90-0396; People v Griffin, 08-2599; People v Hall 194 Ill.2d 305; People v Hamelin, 2025 IL App (1st) 231263; People v Harrison 07-0452; People v Henricksen 2-95-0951; People v Henson, Joshua R. 4-22-0337; People v Hernandez-Rojas,124795 ; People v Heuermann 1-95-1637; People v Heuermann 1-95-1638; People v Hickman, Eric 4-22-0172; People v Hinton 1-97-3922; People v Hopkins 06-1312; People v Horrell, Phillip L. 3-20-0417 ; People v Jackson 2014 IL App (1st) 123258; People v Jackson 281 Ill.App.3d 759; People v Jackson, 12-3258; People v Jarrett 125868; People v Jenkins 1/19/14 ; People v Johnson 1-96-1288; People v Johnson 124314 ; People v Jones aka James 1-98-4509; People v Jordan 07-2116; People v Jordan, 12-0439; People v Karim, 08-0710; People v.Kimble People v Klebanowski 221 Ill.2d 538; People v Kohout 2-99-0205; People v Kramarenko 05-0127; People v Krasula 194 Ill.App.3d 709; People v Krol, 11-2514; People v Kwon 1-95-1492; People v Lagowski 273 Ill.App.3d 1012; People v LaPoint 353 Ill.App.3d 328; People v Lembke, 10-0102; People v Leonard, 08-1800; People v Lloyd, 12-0921; People v Lucas 05-3222; People v Luna 1/19/40 ; People v Makiel, 08-0921; People v Mamon 2017 IL App (1st) 151216; People v Mandoline 125433 ; People v Mandoline, Todd J 2-18-0567 ; People v Manning, 14-0561; People v Marcus Jackson 1-21-0190 ; People v Martinez 2-20-0700 ; People v Urrutia 1-19-0675 ; People v Marques No. 80 2359; People v Marquez 1-91-2802; People v Martin 408 IL App 3D 891 (2011); People v Martin, 08-1973; People v Marvin Fields 1-18-1223; People v McDade 1-95-351; People v McCullum, Keith 1/16/78; People v McGrew 124597 ; People v McMahon 2-95-0143;People v McRae 2011 IL App (2D) 090798; People v Milton, 09-3100; People v Mitchell 2-91-0517; People v Modrowski; People v Moreno 2013 IL App (1st) 113655; People v Moser 356 Ill.App.3d 900; People v Mounts 1-92-2314; People v Nelson 06-0312; People v Noble, 11-409; People v O’Connor 1-01-0067; People v Opalinksa, 11-0486; People v Oracko 4-93-0751; People v Orbe, 1-03-0997; People v Patterson 217 Ill.2d 407; People Patterson 347 Ill.App.3d 1044; People v Picallo, Alex 1-15-0719 ; People v Pittas 1-95-0457; People v Pittman 1-96-1772; People v Pulido, 09-2464; People v Quezada 124365 ; People v Quezada, Rickey L.2-17-0738 ; People v Ramsey 1-20-0070 ; People v Randell Jarrett 1-18-0266 ; People v Reed, Claude H. 2-19-0859 ; People v Reeves 385 Ill.App.3d 716; People v Regard 1-88-2383 ; People v Rey 125800 ; People v Rey, Luis H.2-18-1026 ; People v Richardson 1-98-3404; People v Roberts No. 80-2570; People v Robinson, 11-2369; People v Roldan, 42 N.E.3d 836 (Ill. App., 2015) People v Ross 229 Ill.2d 255; People v Ruhl 03-0920; People v Ruhl, 03-0920; People v Ruiz 1-97-2822; People v Ruiz 1-99-1372; People v Salazar 284 Ill.App.3d 794; People v Salazar and Corral 1-95-1895; People v Samanta, 06-3381; People v Samanta, 09-0589; People v Sami, 04-1269, 04-1270; People v Sami, 04-1299, 04-1300; People v Separza 1-92-1146; People v Sepulveda, 13-0714; People v Shelly 1-88-921; People v Siguenza-Brito 235 Ill.2d 213; People v Sinico, 13-2164; People v Smith, Adam C.4-20-0355; People v Snyder 2-01-0696; People v Snyder, 04-0613; People v Stephens_ 13 Ill. App. 3d 642 People v Stokes 1-93-3867; People v Suarez 2017 IL App (1st) 152270; People v Suastegui 374 Ill.App.3d 635; People v Sutherland 223 Ill.2d 187; People v Sutton 1-94-0000; People v Sven 365 Ill.App.3d 226; People v Swaggerty, 14-0854; People v Sweeney 1-90-0631; People v Thomas, 11-3675; People v Thompson 1-21-1120; People v Thompson 1-95-3272; People v Thompson 123183 ; People v Thompson, 2-21-0320 ; People v Uriostegui 1-92-3046; People v Urrutia 1-20-1153 ; People v Vasquez 307 Ill.App.3d 670 People v Vega 08-1532; People v Vucic 125925 ; People v Vucic, Michael R.” 2-19-0124 ; People v Walker, Gary K. 3-18-0508; People v Walls, 08-2174; People v Warren 1-96-1563; People v Webb 182 Ill.App.3d 908; People v West 1-98-3707; People v Wheeler 226 Ill.2d 92; People v Wiek, 08-1810; People v Wilkerson, 13-0552; People v Williams; People v Williamson, 13-0640; People v Wright 154 Ill.App.3d 962; People v Yates No. 53482 Case No. 77 4339 (death penalty case); People v Hernandez-Rojas 1-17-1463 ;       People v Zavala, 09-1593;