People v. Barlow

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 55 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal defendant raises three issues: (1) whether defendant’s confession given at the police station should have been suppressed as the product of an unlawful arrest; (2) whether the trial judge committed plain error by responding to two jurors’ notes by advising the jury that he could not answer their questions; and (3) whether the 55-year prison sentence is excessive.

We find that defendant was illegally under arrest…