Legal Opinion

People v. Schreiber

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 4, 1982No. 80-1119PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Romiti

After having been convicted of the murder and robbery of Vito Falcone in a jury trial, defendant Dawn Lee Schreiber was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years and 7 years for those respective crimes. On appeal defendant contends: (1) certain statements she made following her arrest should have been suppressed because the arrest itself was illegal; (2) her guilt was not established beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) she was deprived of a fair trial by the prosecutor’s final argument.

We affirm.

The evidence presented by the State at trial established the following pertinent facts. Vito Falcone…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Steagald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. United States v. SantanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  2. People v. BrackettIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
  3. People v. SteffensAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
  4. Perkins v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  5. People v. MartinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983

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