PEOPLE v. SILAS

No. 2-94-0575.

663 N.E.2d 443 (1996)

278 Ill. App.3d 400

215 Ill.Dec. 432

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David J. SILAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender and Kim M. DeWitt (on reply brief), Amy Kraus (on brief), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Defendant-Appellant.

Anthony M. Peccarelli, DuPage County State's Attorney (on brief), Wheaton, William L. Browers, Deputy Director (on brief), Martin P. Moltz, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor (on brief), Elgin, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice DOYLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a stipulated bench trial in the circuit court of Du Page County, defendant, David J. Silas, was convicted of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-3(a) (West 1994)). Defendant was subsequently sentenced to a term of seven years' imprisonment.

Prior to the stipulated bench trial, defendant motioned to suppress inculpatory statements he made to the Carol Stream police. In the statements, defendant admitted...

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