People v. Shaw

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jerry Shaw, was charged with attempted murder and three counts of aggravated battery arising from an incident in which he allegedly put paint thinner in his infant son’s milk bottles. Following his arrest, the defendant made both oral and written statements which formed the substance of a pretrial motion to suppress evidence. The trial court suppressed the statements based on its finding that they were induced by a police officer’s promise that the defendant could get help in the form of psychiatric counseling if he…