PEOPLE v. AMIGON

No. 1-06-3528.

903 N.E.2d 843 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rene AMIGON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

February 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook (James E. FitzGerald, Manny Magence, Heather Fahrenkrog, Assistant State's Attorneys, Of Counsel), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jed Stone, John Curnyn, Stone & Associates, L.L.C., Waukegan, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Rene Amigon, was convicted of the murder of Alphonso Ruiz, who died of pneumonia more than five years after he was shot and paralyzed by the defendant. The defendant contends (1) his nonelectronically recorded custodial statement should not have been admitted at trial, and (2) the State failed to prove causation. We affirm.

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