PEOPLE v. COLLINS

No. 2-87-0811.

182 Ill. App.3d 362 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 781

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIE COLLINS, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Theodore A. Gottfried, and Robert E. Davison, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Thomas F. Baker, State's Attorney, of Woodstock (William L. Browers and Colleen M. Griffin, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Willie Collins, Jr., appeals from a conviction of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1). Collins argues that the trial court erred in denying his motions to quash his arrest and suppress certain evidence. We affirm.

Cornelius Murphy was stabbed to death on the evening of March 23, 1987. Collins was known to be Murphy's friend. On March 24, 1987, Collins received...

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