Legal Opinion
People v. Wilson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 20, 1985No. 83-0773PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a joint jury trial, defendant, Jackie Wilson, and his brother, Andrew Wilson, were convicted of two counts of armed robbery and two counts of murder. Defendant was sentenced to concurrent terms of 30 years on the armed robbery convictions and natural life imprisonment for the murders. 1 On appeal, he contends that (1) his post-arrest statement should have been suppressed as the involuntary product of mental and physical coercion by the police; (2) he was denied his sixth amendment right to a representative and impartial…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. CollinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by13 opinions
- People v. KokoraleisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- People v. CenterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
- People v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- People v. StarksAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- People v. PogueAppellate Court of Illinois · 1999
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