PEOPLE v. ATKINSON

No. 73-87.

21 Ill. App.3d 258 (1974)

315 N.E.2d 152

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANDY ATKINSON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

July 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick E. Ward, State's Attorney, of Dixon, for the People.

William J. Sturgeon, of Dixon, and Ralph Ruebner, of the State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GUILD delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the trial court at the preliminary hearing suppressing the oral and written statements of defendants Andy Atkinson and Chester Prescott given to the police after their arrest.

In an agreed statement of facts, it appears that police officers were investigating a burglary of a vacant...

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