Legal Opinion
Charles Booker v. James Ward and Thomas Kelly, Chicago Police Detectives
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 1996No. 95-3688PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
On August 7, 1987, the defendants arrested Charles Booker for the murder of his fiancee, Lucy Williams. Booker confessed shortly after his arrest, and a jury convicted him of first degree murder. The Illinois Appellate Court found that probable cause did not exist to arrest Booker, reversed the conviction, and remanded the case for a hearing on the admissibility of Booker’s confession. People v. Booker, 209 Ill.App.3d 384, 393, 395, 154 Ill.Dec. 211, 218, 219, 568 N.E.2d 211, 218, 219 (Ill.App. 1 Dist.1991) (“Booker I ”). After the trial court found the confession…
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