Supreme Court of Illinois

Conviction for armed robbery is affirmed over claims that there had been improper use of statements made in plea negotiations and improper reference to defendant's post-arrest silence where: 1) an interrogating detective's testimony that defendant had asked "what he could get if he cooperated" was not a plea-related statement; and 2) any defect arising from the detective testifying that the defendant "did not deny being involved" after the detective accused him of being guilty was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2005
• Published 04/07/2005

Judges

• Justice KARMEIER delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Scott Rueter, State's Attorney, Decatur (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin and Colleen M. Griffin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman and David E. Mannchen, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Keleigh L. Biggins, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellee.