Illinois Supreme Court· 6/3/2005

People v. Willis

Citations

831 N.E.2d 531
215 Ill. 2d 517
294 Ill. Dec. 581
2005 Ill. LEXIS 944

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recognizing that “an extraordinarily long delay which itself raises the inference of police misconduct could, at some point, render any confession involuntary”
holding that a trial court facing a Gerstein/McLaughlin violation asks the question whether the confession was voluntary
holding that a trial court facing a Gerstein/McLaughlin violation asks the question whether the confession was voluntary
defendant’s confession was voluntary even though he was held in detention for 73 hours prior to confessing
“When faced with a GersteinlMcLaughlin violation, we ask simply whether the confession was voluntary”
exclusionary rule not applied where detention ran afoul of Gerstein, but confession voluntary

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Judges: Fitzgerald

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