People v. Gibson

Defendants, Carl E. Gibson and Marcus D. Jones, were found guilty after a joint jury trial of the offense of armed robbery and were sentenced, respectively, to terms of 8 to 12 and 10 to 15 years in the penitentiary. They both now appeal contending: (1) that their confessions were involuntary and the trial court erred in denying their motions to suppress them; and (2) that the trial court erroneously admitted prejudicial hearsay testimony at trial.

Shortly before midnight on September 14, 1975, three armed men entered Rygiel’s Tavern in North Chicago, Illinois, and robbed a bartender and…