Appellate Court of Illinois· 5/15/2009

People v. Daniels

Citations

908 N.E.2d 1104
391 Ill. App. 3d 750
330 Ill. Dec. 446
2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 276

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stating the issue of whether a Miranda waiver is knowing and intelligent is a factual issue reviewed under the manifest weight of the evidence standard
reversing the trial court’s finding that the defendant understood his Miranda rights because, in part, the court “did not appear to give any meaningful weight to the tests specifically administered” by the experts
defendant initially scored 55 on the IQ test, was “functionally illiterate,” and was “incapable of memorizing and recalling three items during a conversation”
“[A] defendant’s affirmative responses to questions regarding her understanding of Miranda warnings are of little value where defendant lacks the ability to understand those warnings.”
“[A] defendant’s affirmative responses to questions regarding her understanding of Miranda warnings are of little value where defendant lacks the ability to understand those warnings.”
\[A] defendant's affirmative responses to questions regarding her understanding of Miranda warnings are of little value where defendant lacks the ability to understand those warnings.\

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Judges: Joseph Gordon

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