People v. Johnson

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with murder and armed violence relating to the death of Albert Owens on October 8, 1979. On June 5, 1980, he was found guilty of all charges after a bench trial and subsequently was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Defendant appeals. The dispositive issues presented on review are whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence which had been denied prior to trial but after an evidentiary hearing; and whether the oral admission made by defendant should have…