People v. Bates

Following a bench trial David Bates was convicted of first degree murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, and aggravated battery. He appealed, and this court found he was arrested without probable cause. We remanded the case for a hearing to determine if defendant’s statement to the police implicating him in the crime was sufficiently attenuated from his illegal arrest to be admissible. (People v. Bates (1991), 218 Ill. App. 3d 288, 578 N.E.2d 240 (Bates I).) On remand, the trial court found attenuation and denied defendant’s motion to suppress his statement. We reverse and remand for a new…