PEOPLE v. AUSTIN

No. 1-96-2864.

688 N.E.2d 740 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 784

228 Ill.Dec. 42

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donell AUSTIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender, Chicago, and James Geis, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Scott A. Herbert, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant was convicted of first degree murder, armed robbery, and conspiracy to commit first degree murder. Defendant now challenges those convictions, raising three issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in refusing to suppress his confession by reason of its attenuation subsequent to defendant's unlawful arrest; (2) whether the evidence supports the convictions; and (3) whether...

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