Supreme Court of Illinois

Inculpatory statements made by mentally retarded defendant on June 25, both before and after her formal arrest, were custodial and therefore inadmissible for lack of a valid Miranda waiver.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2003
• Published 12/18/2003

Judges

• Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ryan,Lisa Madigan, Attorneys General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Lisa Anne Hoffman, Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Renee G. Goldfarb, Annette Collins, John E. Nowak, James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edwin A. Burnette, Public Defender, Chicago (Bruce C. Landrum, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellee.