People v. Schreiber
Appellate Court of Illinois
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…
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