PEOPLE v. DEGORSKI

No. 1-07-2784.

886 N.E.2d 1070 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James DEGORSKI, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Divine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, James E. Fitzgerald, Thomas Biesty, Linas Kelecius, Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Appellants.

Edwin A. Burnette, Public Defender of Cook County, Lester Finkle, Mark Levitt, Assistant Public Defenders, of Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Appellees.


Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Degorski, was indicted on 21 counts of first degree murder for the January 8, 1993 murders of seven individuals at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, Illinois. Defendant moved to quash his arrest and suppress an oral and videotaped statement. The circuit court denied all but defendant's motion to suppress his videotaped statement. The State filed...

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