PEOPLE v. PIERCE

No. 79-395.

88 Ill. App.3d 1095 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 295

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JESSE PIERCE, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Stephen J. Maassen, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Patrick M. Young, Public Defender, of Belleville (Ann Hatch, Assistant Public Defender, and Terrance L. Farris, law student, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of St. Clair County granting defendant Jesse Pierce's motion to suppress his confession. On appeal the State contends: (1) the exclusionary rule was improperly applied to defendant's confession, as the confession was not the result of prior police misconduct; and (2) the motion...

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