Charles Booker v. James Ward and Thomas Kelly, Chicago Police Detectives

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1996-08-29

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BAUER, Circuit Judge. On August 7, 1987, the defendants arrested Charles Booker for the murder of his fiancee, Lucy Williams. Booker confessed shortly after his arrest, and a jury convicted him of first degree murder. The Illinois Appellate Court found that probable cause did not exist to arrest Booker, reversed the conviction, and remanded the case for a hearing on the admissib…

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