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PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

No. 2-85-0348.

143 Ill. App.3d 1024 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 169

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOE CORTEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed June 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Kathleen J. Hamill, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Robert Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva (William L. Browers and Peter M. Tumminaro, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE REINHARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joe Cortez, was tried in absentia in a jury trial and was found guilty of residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 19-3). Following a sentencing hearing where defendant was present, he was sentenced to a 5-year term of imprisonment.

The single issue raised on appeal is whether defendant's inculpatory statements were involuntary and improperly admitted...

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