Legal Opinion
People v. Cook
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 27, 2004No. 1-01-1688PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gallagher
Following a jury trial, defendant Rory Cook was convicted of the first degree murder of Brian Keith Bell. The trial court sentenced defendant to 30 years in prison. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) police obtained his inculpatory statements in violation of his Miranda rights; (2) the introduction of statements by codefendant Darryl Bunch was improper because the remarks did not fall under the coconspirator exception to the hearsay rule; (3) because the jury was instructed on self-defense, the trial court erred in suppressing evidence of Bell’s prior violent behavior; (4) the trial…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
- United States v. HendricksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- United States v. HendricksCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
- People v. RyanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- People v. SimonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- People v. GivensAppellate Court of Illinois · 2005
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