PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 68735.

136 Ill.2d 116 (1990)

554 N.E.2d 216

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LOUIS H. BROWN, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Larry R. Wells, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris and Raymond F. Buckley, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Mount Vernon, of counsel), for the People.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Louis H. Brown, Jr., was charged by indictment in the circuit court of St. Clair County with unlawful use of weapons in that he knowingly possessed a grenade which contained an explosive substance. Before trial, defendant filed a motion to suppress statements made during two interrogations held on August 19, 1986, contending that the...

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