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PEOPLE v. WOODS

No. 1-01-3661.

787 N.E.2d 836 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 78

272 Ill.Dec. 650

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon WOODS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Ann C. McCallister, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, John E. Nowak and Gregg Gansmann, Assistant State's Attorneys, for counsel), for Appellee.

Justice HALL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Vernon Woods, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of seven-month-old Tiywon J. Austin, who died as a result of "shaken baby syndrome" injuries. Prior to trial, a two-day hearing was held on defendant's motion to suppress statements. At the hearings, defendant argued that his constitutional rights were violated when police officers prevented him from seeing a note that an attorney...

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