PEOPLE v. CLEESEN

No. 4-88-0182.

177 Ill. App.3d 103 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 1113

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELVIN R. CLEESEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Lawrence J. Essig, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Scott H. Walden, State's Attorney, of Quincy (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Linda Susan McClain, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SPITZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Melvin R. Cleesen was charged by indictment on August 28, 1987, with three counts of first degree murder, one count of home invasion, and one count of conspiracy (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), 12-11(a)(2), 8-1(a)).

On October 22, 1987, the defendant filed a motion to suppress statements he made to police officers during interrogations that...

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