Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a bench trial David Bates was convicted of first degree murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, and aggravated battery. He appealed, and this court found he was arrested without probable cause. We remanded the case for a hearing to determine if defendant's statement to the police implicating him in the crime was sufficiently attenuated from his illegal arrest to be admissible. (People v. Bates (1991...
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