Forensic Evidentiary & Precedent Workbench
DOCKET: IL-WILL-2026-CR-0881 | RULE 403/404(b) MATRIX
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Evidentiary Relation & Causal Graph
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Click any node to focus statutory and Rule 403 analysis Selected Node: Digital Trial Investment
Statutory Burden & Admissibility Ledger
Illinois 720 ILCS 5/6-2
Illinois Criminal Code of 2012 720 ILCS 5/6-2(e)
When the affirmative defense of insanity has been presented during the trial, the burden of proof is on the defendant to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant was not guilty by reason of insanity.
Affirmative Burden On Defendant (Clear & Convincing)
Substantial Capacity Test Appreciate Criminality of Conduct
Rule 403 Admissibility Calculus Likely Admissible (Probative)
Highly Prejudicial (Exclude) 72% Probative Weight Substantially Probative (Admit)
Evidentiary Theory: Media Investment as Motive/Premeditation

Prosecution filing presents defendant’s focused research into prior infant homicides as probative of conscious awareness, planning, or behavioral modeling rather than acute disassociation. Under Rule 404(b), such evidence is admissible to show absence of mistake or deliberate state-of-mind.

Precedent Case & Docket Jurisdiction Statutory Standard Key Evidentiary Citations Evidentiary Determination
Frankfort, IL Case
Will County (2026)
Illinois (720 ILCS) Defendant carries Clear & Convincing burden for affirmative insanity defense. Court filing citing intense digital investment in prior trial; state-of-mind logs; toxicology reports. Admissible under 404(b) (State of Mind)
Commonwealth v. Clancy
Plymouth County, MA (2023)
Massachusetts (MPC) Commonwealth must prove sanity Beyond Reasonable Doubt once raised. Extensive clinical postpartum depression/psychosis records; 13+ psychiatric medication logs. Medical records primary; expert testimony

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