People v. Montgomery

The State appeals from the circuit court’s order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress statements. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

In 2003, the defendant, an 18-year-old resident of Arnold, Missouri, was charged with burglarizing a locksmith business located in Cahokia, Illinois. The defendant later moved to suppress inculpatory statements that he had made to officers from the Arnold police department and the Cahokia police department. In 2005, at a hearing on the defendant’s motion to suppress, the following evidence was adduced.

In January 2003, the defendant lived…