Legal Opinion

People v. Landgham

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 11, 1970No. Gen. 52,679, 52,973PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leighton

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to serve seventeen to twenty-five years. He appeals.

Defendant contends that in violation of Miranda v. Arizona (1) he was not warned of his constitutional rights before he made oral statements admitted in evidence against him; (2) warnings of his constitutional rights were not repeated to him before he gave an inculpatory oral statement; (3) he did not knowingly and intelligently waive his constitutional rights before he gave the oral statements; (4) a written confession he gave was the product of the circumstances that…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. The People v. TaylorIllinois Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. In Re StiffAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  2. People v. KennedyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
  3. People v. SavoryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  4. People v. FieldsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  5. People v. KaprelianAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972

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