People v. Alvarez

Defendant, Alfredo Alvarez, was charged with the offense of burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1). Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted and sentenced to serve a minimum of not less than 1 year nor more than 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. From that judgment and sentence, defendant appeals.

The issues presented for review are (1) whether the court improperly denied defendant’s motion to suppress his statement where the police testimony was insufficient to rebut defendant’s testimony, corroborated by photographs, that he had been beaten; (2) whether…