PEOPLE v. GOREE

No. 81-592.

115 Ill. App.3d 157 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 342

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEE ROY GOREE, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, Patrick J. Hughes, Jr., of Springfield, and Donald L. Woods, of Southern Illinois University School of Law, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Stephen E. Norris and Frank J. Bieszczat, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Lee Roy Goree, Jr., was convicted in the circuit court of St. Clair County of murder and was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. He appeals from his conviction and sentence, and argues that the trial court erred in failing to suppress a confession given by the defendant after he had been held in custody for three days without being charged with a crime or presented to a judicial...

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