Court Opinion

ID: 9530618
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:01:36.523538+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:11.513498
License: Public Domain

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN dissenting: The majority opinion poses the main question as to whether the trial court could find defendant’s confession to be voluntary according to the manifest weight of the evidence. However, the principal question is whether or not the defendant at any time prior to the signing of his statement requested an attorney and if he did, the statement is inadmissible in evidence. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 16 L.Ed. 694, 86 S.Ct. 1602; United States v. Blair, 470 F.2d 331; People v. Turner, 56 Ill.2d 201; People v. Henenberg, 55 Ill.2d 5. The record discloses that the defendant is a borderline retardate with an I.Q. of 76, who signed a confession after 3 days of questioning by the police. He asked for an attorney on the morning of the first day of his questioning. The confession was therefore inadmissible.