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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 58422.

102 Ill.2d 365 (1984)

466 N.E.2d 236

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. STEVEN SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Jonathan Haile, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Mark L. Rotert and Jack Donatelli, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires us to determine whether the defendant was deprived of his right to counsel pursuant to the sixth amendment to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amend. VI). More specifically, we are asked to determine whether the defendant's confession should have been suppressed because he invoked his right to counsel before his confession was made. We are also asked to determine...

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