People v. Arkebauer

PRESIDING JUSTICE LEWIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order suppressing the defendant’s, Roger A. Arkebauer’s, statements. In issue is whether the circuit court’s determination that the defendant’s statements were involuntary because the statements were induced by the promise of immunity was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Before considering the propriety of the circuit court’s suppression of the defendant’s statements, we must first address the defendant’s motion to strike portions of the State’s brief which was raised in the defendant’s brief. The…