Ruling reversed in case invloving triple murder

February 10, 2010

Illinois: The 5th Illinois District Appellate Court has reversed a ruling made by Judge Milton S. Wharton, of the St. Clair County Circuit Court, that barred statements made by a suspect to police after having waived his Miranda Rights. The suspect, Darrell "Rell" Lane, apparently "has an IQ of 63, reads at a second-grade level and functions intellectually as a 10-year-old" did not understand what he was doing when he waived his rights, said Wharton. The Appellate Court, however, after an appeal by the prosecution, has declared that Lane may not have known whether he was under arrest, but did know that he was waiving his rights.