People v. Clay

PRESIDING JUSTICE LaPORTA

delivered the opinion of the court:

In a consolidated action, defendant appeals his 1988 triple murder conviction and a 1989 ruling denying him a new trial on the murders based on newly discovered evidence. On the murder case itself, defendant contends that the trial court improperly denied his motion to suppress statements he made inculpating him in the murders. On the motion for a new trial, defendant contends the trial court erred in rejecting new evidence which defendant contends proved the defendant was telling the truth when he made the damaging statements…