PEOPLE v. HOFFMAN

No. 12773.

32 Ill. App.3d 785 (1975)

336 N.E.2d 209

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN PHILLIP HOFFMAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

October 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Welch, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (John W. Foltz and G. Michael Prall, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson and Daniel D. Yuhas, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The State is appealing the trial court's suppression of statements made by defendant. We reverse.

One evening defendant appeared at the McLean County sheriff's department in an intoxicated condition and announced that he had committed a certain robbery. He was held overnight and questioned the next morning. The responses...

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