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PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

No. 71454.

588 N.E.2d 1175 (1992)

146 Ill.2d 445

167 Ill.Dec. 1045

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Vincent PATTERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Donald D. Bernardi, State's Atty., Pontiac (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Thomas L. Ciecko, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman and Timothy J. Londrigan, of the Office of the State's Attys. App. Pros., of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Arden J. Lang, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State App. Defender, Springfield, for appellee.

Justin D. Smock, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. Dept. of Corrections.

Joseph A. Morris, Chicago (Maureen P. Cunningham, of Morris, Rathnau & De La Rose, of counsel), for amicus curiae Lincoln Legal Foundation.

Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Vincent Patterson, a prison inmate serving a natural life sentence for offenses unrelated to this case, was indicted for the unlawful possession of a weapon by a person confined in a correctional facility. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 24-1.1(b).) At trial, defendant moved to suppress statements he made to a prison official investigating the weapons incident, claiming that he had not been given...

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