PEOPLE v. ECKLES

No. 3-83-0660.

128 Ill. App.3d 276 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 623

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANCIS M. ECKLES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed October 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Peter A. Carusona, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

James T. Teros, State's Attorney, of Rock Island (John X. Breslin and John M. Wood, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Francis Eckles, appeals from his conviction for the offense of residential burglary. He was sentenced to a term of five years' imprisonment.

The issue on appeal is whether the defendant's confession was involuntary, and whether the court erred in finding it voluntary and admitting it into evidence. The defendant argues that the confession was rendered involuntary as...

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