PEOPLE v. MARTINEZ

No. 1-05-0845.

867 N.E.2d 24 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender (Robert Hirschhorn, Assistant Appellant Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County (James E. Fitzgerald, Mary P. Needham, Ljubica D. Popovic, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the circuit court of Cook County found defendant Oscar Martinez guilty of armed robbery and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Defendant now appeals, arguing that: (1) the trial court erred in failing to suppress his statements to the police, despite the State's failure to notify him of his right to contact the Mexican consulate; (2) the trial court erred in failing to suppress his statements...

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