PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 1-88-3000.

197 Ill. App.3d 226 (1989)

554 N.E.2d 263

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed December 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn K. Seidenfeld, Bradford P. Lyerla, and Gregory S. Gallopoulos, all of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, James E. Fitzgerald, and Kevin T. Noonan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed in part, and vacated in part and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thomas Smith, and a codefendant were indicted for the murder, aggravated sexual assault and concealment of the homicidal death of Cheryl Cloud (victim). Both defendants moved to suppress inculpatory statements made while in police custody. After a joint suppression hearing, the court denied both defendants' motions. The cases were severed...

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