People v. Connell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Larry Joe Connell, was found guilty of retail theft and forgery after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Madison County. He was sentenced to 364 days’ and four years’ imprisonment, respectively, the sentences to be served concurrently.

On this appeal defense counsel raises the following issues: (1) Whether the State failed to prove that defendant’s statements to police were voluntary, where one officer who witnessed one such statement did not testify at the suppression hearing; (2) whether defendant’s right to remain…