People v. Maldonado

Defendant, Roy Maldonado, was convicted of two counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, eh. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1), (a)(2)) following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County. The trial judge sentenced defendant to the penitentiary for two concurrent terms of natural life.

Defendant now appeals, contending he did not receive a fair trial because: (1) the trial judge refused to suppress involuntary statements he made to the police; (2) defense counsel, during discovery, was not informed where a State’s witness lived or worked; (3) the trial judge restricted the scope of the…