People v. Serio

Following a jury trial, defendant, Raymond Serio, was convicted of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1 (West 2002)) and sentenced to 50 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erroneously (1) denied his motion to suppress his confession because the police allegedly violated his fourth amendment rights by stopping a taxi in which he was riding and detaining him for 14 hours at the police station and (2) failed to dismiss his first notice of appeal and then consider his posttrial motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Defendant contends that he is…