Legal Opinion

People v. Lucas

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 16, 1980No. 79-1070PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

On rehearing,

2Opinion of the Court · DowningJustice Downing

Following a bench trial, defendant Kenneth Lucas (defendant) was convicted of murder and armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 9—1 and 18—2, respectively) and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 25 years and 15 years, respectively. Defendant appeals.

In his appeal to this court, defendant set forth the issue for review as: “whether the Court erred in denying the appellant’s motion to suppress statements and physical evidence.” We are actually asked to determine whether the trial court was in error in failing to find that: (1) there was no probable cause for…

3Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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4Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hammond v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  2. People v. LesterAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
  3. People v. GoreeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  4. People v. WilsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
  5. People v. FreemanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987

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