Legal Opinion
Booker v. Ward
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 13, 1995No. 90 C 4602PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HART, District Judge.
Plaintiff Charles Booker claims that defendants Thomas Kelly and James Ward, Chicago police detectives, lacked probable cause when, on August 7, 1987, they arrested him for the murder of Lucy Williams. An Illinois court so held in Booker’s criminal prosecution, see People v. Booker, 209 Ill.App.3d 384, 154 Ill.Dec. 211, 218, 568 N.E.2d 211, 218 (1st Dist.1991) (“Booker I”). The Appellate Court remanded the case for a hearing on whether Booker’s confession to the murder after his arrest was admissible. In a second appeal, after the trial court…
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