PEOPLE v. PERRY

No. 71289.

590 N.E.2d 454 (1992)

147 Ill.2d 430

168 Ill.Dec. 817

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Ernest PERRY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Attys. Gen., Springfield, and William R. Haine, State's Atty., Edwardsville (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Terence M. Madsen and Steven J. Zick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., Office of the State's Attorneys App. Pros., of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Lawrence J. O'Neill, Asst. Defender, Office of the State App. Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether defendant's acceptance of the assistance of counsel at his arraignment on charges of robbery and aggravated battery was an invocation of his rights under article I, section 10, of the Illinois Constitution that precluded police-initiated interrogation of an unrelated, uncharged homicide while the defendant was in continuous custody.

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