Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Confessions
Defendant was convicted, in 2009, of first-degree murder of 11-year-old girl in 1992. Officers used leading questions during interrogation, and evidence supports inference that details that Defendant provided to him were result of psychological suggestion or linguistic manipulation. State failed to provide sufficient evidence independent of Defendant's confession, and DNA evidence did not link Defendant to offense. (McLAREN and BOWMAN, concurring.)