People v. Crenshaw

State: Illinois

Court: 4th District Appellate

Docket No: 4-09-0908 Official Reports

Case Date: 08/10/2011

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People v. Crenshaw, 2011 IL App (4th) 090908

Appellate Court Caption

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL E. CRENSHAW, Defendant-Appellant.

District & No.

Fourth District Docket No. 4-09-0908 June 21, 2011 August 10, 2011 Defendant's conviction for the criminal sexual assault of his daughter was upheld over his contentions that his confession was involuntary due to his attempt to commit suicide by taking an overdose of medication and that his daughter's recording of the incident on her cell phone was inaudible and irrelevant and should not have been admitted in evidence.

Argued Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Brown County, No. 09-CF-5; the Hon. Diane M. Lagoski, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Affirmed.

Counsel on Appeal

Michael J. Pelletier, Karen Munoz, and Catherine K. Hart (argued), all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant. Mark J. Vincent, State's Attorney, of Mt. Sterling (Patrick Delfino, Robert J. Biderman, and Luke McNeill (argued), all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

JUSTICE COOK delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Turner and Steigmann concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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