Legal Opinion
People v. Pierson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 18, 1988No. 86-2880PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial the defendant, Wayne Pierson, was convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and sentenced to a term of 28 years. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in denying a motion to suppress his statement and that he was denied a fair trial as the result of certain inflammatory and improper remarks by the prosecutor during closing arguments. The defendant further contends that, if his statement is suppressed, the remaining evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction for murder.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by28 opinions
- People v. KellyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
- Wayne Pierson v. Michael O'leary, Warden, and Neil F. Hartigan, Illinois Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- People v. MaldonadoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- People v. MorrisIllinois Supreme Court · 2004
- People v. AustinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
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