PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

No. 1-97-3926.

764 N.E.2d 1240 (2002)

262 Ill.Dec. 123

328 Ill. App.3d 195

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin HAMILTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

February 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Michael Davidson, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Arleen Anderson, Julia Egan, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Kevin Hamilton literally talked himself into the penitentiary. His conviction by a jury of the first degree murder of Curtis Jackson was based almost entirely on his oral and written statements. He was sentenced to 41 years in the Department of Corrections.

On appeal, the defendant contends: (1) his statement should have been suppressed; (2) too much gang life evidence was admitted; (3) his prior conviction...

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