Legal Opinion
People v. Hopkins
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 20, 2006No. 1-04-1317PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant Ralph Hopkins was convicted of armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18 — 2(a)(2) (West 2000)) and attempted armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/8 — 4(a), 18 — 2(a)(2) (West 2000)) after a jury trial. He was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms of 12 years each. On appeal, defendant claims his inculpatory statement should have been suppressed because the police had neither a reasonable suspicion to stop him nor probable cause to arrest him. We conclude that defendant was arrested without probable cause. We vacate his convictions and remand…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by19 opinions
- People v. HopkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
- People v. JonesAppellate Court of Illinois · 2007
- People v. NovakowskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 2006
- People v. CalderonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2006
- People v. LawsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2015
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