People v. Salgado

Defendant, Ruffo Salgado, appeals his conviction for first degree murder in the shooting death of Erling Cox following a jury trial. The trial court sentenced him to a 54-year prison term in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Early in the proceedings, defendant was represented by the Cook County public defender’s office. The public defender filed pretrial motions to quash defendant’s arrest and suppress evidence, and to suppress the identification. Those motions were denied by the trial court. Just prior to trial, on January 8, 2002, defendant retained new counsel and was subsequently…