PEOPLE v. SIMMONS

No. 76-467.

58 Ill. App.3d 1026 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 1290

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GEORGE ELLIS SIMMONS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied May 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Daniel Cummings, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Daniel Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko and Jan Tuckerman, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

A hearing was conducted in the trial court in accordance with the Illinois Supreme Court's mandate to use "special care in scrutinizing the record" to determine whether the minor's confession was voluntary. (People v. Simmons, 60 Ill.2d 173, 181 (1975).) The trial court so found and reinstated the convictions and sentences. Defendant...

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