Nineteen police reports that Department of Children and Family Services employees failed to seek during an investigation into the abuse of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund can be admitted as evidence in an upcoming trial, a judge has ruled.
Criminal procedure plain error doctrine- Where a defendant seeks review of a forfeited issue under the plain error doctrine he must make an explicit argument that the issue meets one or both of the prongs of the plain error doctrine, and if no argument is made to this effect the defendant.