PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN

No. 1-97-0315.

763 N.E.2d 880 (2002)

327 Ill. App.3d 538

261 Ill.Dec. 631

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terrence GRIFFIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

January 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Tomas G. Gonzalez, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Mary L. Boland, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Fifteen-year old defendant Terrence Griffin was tried and convicted as an adult of first-degree murder and sentenced to 45 years' imprisonment. He appealed, arguing that his confession was involuntary and the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress. On appeal, we found that the trial court's consideration of all of the factors under the totality of the circumstances test was incomplete. We then remanded...

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