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PEOPLE v. LAGRONE

No. 4-05-0509.

838 N.E.2d 142 (2005)

361 Ill. App.3d 532

297 Ill.Dec. 655

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice LaGRONE, Jr., Defendant-Appellee (The Associated Press; The Pantagraph; and The Herald & Review, Intervenors-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided October 24, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Sievers (argued), Donald M. Craven, Donald M. Craven, P.C., Springfield, for Associated Press.

Jeff Justice (argued), Decatur, for Maurice LaGrone, Jr.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we review the trial court's decision to close hearings on certain motions in limine to suppress evidence in this criminal case. For the following reasons, we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

In September 2003, Amanda Hamm's three young children drowned in Hamm's car when it sank into Clinton Lake. The State later charged Hamm's boyfriend, defendant, Maurice LaGrone, Jr., and Hamm with...

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