PEOPLE v. QUEZADA

No. 2-01-0235.

780 N.E.2d 790 (2002)

335 Ill. App.3d 233

269 Ill.Dec. 318

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rickey L. QUEZADA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Elgin, Robert J. Agostinelli (Court-appointed), Donna K. Kelly (Court-appointed), Ottawa, Office of the State Appellate Defender, for Rickey L. Quezada.

Meg Gorecki, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Daniel N. Malato, Cary, for the People.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant, Rickey Quezada, of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1998)). The circuit court of Kane County sentenced defendant to 45 years in prison. Defendant argues on appeal that (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his confession; and (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

BACKGROUND

On February 11, 1999, 14-year-old Hugo Rodriguez...

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