PEOPLE v. ANDERSON

No. 1-97-0014.

709 N.E.2d 661 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 1050

237 Ill.Dec. 406

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darwin ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William Toffenetti, and John M. Sheldon, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Darwin Anderson appeals his aggravated robbery conviction. He contends police officers, not he, initiated questioning that led to his signing of a written confession, in violation of his constitutional right to the presence and advice of a lawyer. The trial court found they did not. Although we are bound to apply a manifest weight of the evidence standard to the trial court's findings, we conclude the defendant's...

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