People v. Salgado

We are asked to decide whether incriminating statements made by defendant following an illegal arrest are sufficiently attenuated from the illegality of the arrest to render the statements admissible. Following a bench trial, Paul Salgado was convicted of the first degree murder of Julio Rodarte. He was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for first degree murder with a 25-year enhancement for causing death with the use of a firearm. Defendant appealed. People v. Salgado, No. 1 — 03— 1753 (2006) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23) (Salgado I). We vacated the convictions and…