Legal Opinion

People v. Ruiz

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 15, 2019No. 1-15-2157UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Connors

*371 ¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant, Abel Ruiz, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 51 years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court should not have allowed into evidence, as tacit admissions, portions of a police station video recording that included certain statements from a co-arrestee. Defendant also asserts that the mittimus should be corrected to reflect an additional day of presentence custody credit. We affirm and correct the mittimus.

*372 *460 ¶ 2 I. BACKGROUND

¶ 3 The record reveals that defendant shot the victim, Brandon Cage, in the early morning…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. People v. LuedemannIllinois Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Commonwealth v. DraveczSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. RuizAppellate Court of Illinois · 2019

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