Illinois Supreme Court· 1/21/1975

People v. Williams

Citations

322 N.E.2d 461
59 Ill. 2d 557
1975 Ill. LEXIS 358

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ruling that collateral estoppel prevented relitigation of a “final” suppression order when the state had a right to appeal but did not
state collaterally estopped to relitigate suppression order in subsequent proceeding where state had a right, but chose not to appeal
state collaterally estopped to relitigate suppression order in subsequent proceeding where state had a right, but chose not to appeal
defendant’s successful motion to suppress given collateral estoppel effect in subsequent prosecution for a separate crime
the court’s holding determined the question that was common to the prosecutions under both indictments, and the State was precluded from litigating the question a second time
where state did not appeal from suppression order, but dismissed indictment with leave to reinstate, state was barred under doctrine of collateral estoppel from using suppressed evidence in the prosecution under the second indictment

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