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PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 5-93-0163.

679 N.E.2d 82 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 800

223 Ill.Dec. 138

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher B. TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Larry R. Wells, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial District, Mt. Vernon, for Defendant-Appellant.

William Haine, State's Attorney, Edwardsville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Presiding Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

If we believe that confession is good for the soul, this is a case where there is too much of a good thing. The evidence against defendant includes the claim of a witness that he confessed to her. But defendant is not the only soul claimed to be in search of redemption from this crime. At the initial stage of investigation, another witness claimed that someone else confessed to him. The first known confessor...

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