People v. Higgins

JUSTICE WILLIAM A. LEWIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, 17-year-old Troy Higgins, was charged with arson (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 20—1(a)) and two counts of first-degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)(3)). The defendant filed a motion to suppress his confession, and the circuit court, in granting the motion, found that the confession was not voluntary and that defendant did not knowingly and intelligently waive his rights under Miranda v. Arizona (1966), 384 U.S. 436, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694, 86 S. Ct. 1602. The State appeals.

On appeal, although the State…