Legal Opinion
People v. Jennings
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 20, 1998No. 1-96-1463PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE LEAVITT
delivered the opinion of the court:
Fifteen-year-old defendant Mario Jennings was charged with the first degree murder of Joseph Merriwether and tried as an adult. Following a bench trial defendant was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to the juvenile division of the Illinois Department of Corrections. He appeals, contending (1) his postarrest statements should have been suppressed as the product of his illegal arrest, and (2) the evidence was insufficient to rebut his claim of self-defense.
The facts of this case necessary to resolve this appeal are…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. FoskeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. OliveraIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by33 opinions
- People v. OllieAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
- People v. WillisAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
- People v. KlimawiczeAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- People v. WilbertonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- People v. BerryAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
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