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People v. Morris

Citations

  • 807 N.E.2d 377
  • 209 Ill. 2d 137
  • 282 Ill. Dec. 753
  • 2004 Ill. LEXIS 360

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating the rule in terms of arrest but noting that the Supreme Court held that a defendant had not been seized under the rule
  • stating the rule in terms of arrest but noting that the Supreme Court held that a defendant had not been seized under the rule
  • intervening probable cause is an important factor in the attenuation analysis
  • intervening probable cause is an important factor in the attenuation analysis
  • “The information giving rise to probable cause was obtained independently of defendant’s illegal arrest”
  • prejudice presumed where defense counsel conceded client’s guilt, pursued nonlegal plea for jury sympathy, and affirmatively introduced evidence of client’s involvement in grisly unrelated murder, even though trial court had previously ruled that evidence inadmissible

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Judges: McMorrow, Fitzgerald, Freeman, Thomas

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