Legal Opinion
People v. Wright
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 5, 1998No. 1-97-0242PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
On the evening of March 25, 1994, Robert Smith and Tyrone Rockett went to a store in their neighborhood to purchase soft drinks and cookies. A short time later, in Smith’s backyard, Smith and Rockett received execution-style gunshot wounds to their heads. They died almost instantly.
A jury found David Wright (David) guilty of those first degree murders. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. At trial, six different statements he made while in police custody were introduced by the State.
Everyone agrees David was arrested and brought to the police station unlawfully, in violation of the fourth…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. AlbaneseIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. TislerIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- People v. OllieAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
- People v. KlimawiczeAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- People v. MatthewsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1998
- People v. WilbertonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2004
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