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RI Man to Get Murder Re-Trial Case Stems from 2010 Son’S Death ‌RI’s Motley rolls Hard Hat Awards celebrate smoothly into 30th anniversary A3 bowling season B1 Upcoming events will entertain you B6 141ST YEAR · MOLINE, ILLINOIS Thursday, December 6, 2018 | QCOnline.com | $1.50 168TH YEAR RI man to get murder re-trial Case stems from 2010 son’s death ANTHONY WATT [email protected]‌ ‌ROCK ISLAND — A Rock Is- land man serving a 25-year sen- tence for first-degree murder for the 2010 death of his son is get- ting a new trial after an appellate court ruling. A jury in November 2012 found Demetrius Phillips, now 26, guilty of killing his son, Lyrik. Phillips appealed his conviction, arguing his confession during an interview with Rock Island Police Department detectives should have been kept from the Carolyn Kaster/AP‌ trial jury because he was co- The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a military honor guard past former President George W. Bush, erced. The defense attempted to President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and former prevent the interview from the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the conclusion of a State Funeral on Wednesday at the National Cathedral in Washington. In the second trial, but the motion to suppress row are Vice President Mike Pence, and his wife, Karen Pence; former Vice President Dan Quayle, and his wife, Marilyn Quayle; and former Vice was denied. The Illinois Appellate Court President Dick Cheney. ruled certain portions of the interview were coercion, and preparations for a new trial are now underway in Rock Island County. The appellate court judges de- tailed their ruling and the facts behind it in an opinion filed ear- US bids goodbye lier this year. The majority was led by Judge Mary W. McDade. The ruling includes a dissent by Judge William E. Holdridge. “The test for determining whether a confession was volun- tary is ‘whether the defendant made the statement freely, vol- untarily and without compul- to George Bush sion or inducement of any sort or whether the defendant’s will was Funeral includes Trump won the 2016 Republican overcome at the time he or she primaries. confessed,’” the opinion states. high praise, The elder Bush was “the last All of the circumstances of great-soldier statesman,” histo- the interview, including the the cannons, humor rian Jon Meacham said in his condition and abilities of the de- eulogy, “our shield” in danger- fendant; the duration of the in- ous times. terview; and whether there was CALVIN WOODWARD, But he took a lighter tone, too, any physical or mental abuse by LAURIE KELLMAN AND noting that Bush, campaigning police, including making threats ASHRAF KHALIL in a crowd in a department store, or promises, must be taken into Associated Press‌ once shook hands with a manne- quin. Rather than flushing in em- See NEW TRIAL, Page A2 ‌WASHINGTON — The nation barrassment, he simply quipped, bid goodbye to George H.W. Bush “Never know. Gotta ask.” with high praise, cannon salutes Meacham recounted how co- and gentle humor Wednesday, median Dana Carvey once said celebrating the life of the Texan the key to doing an imperson- who embraced a lifetime of ser- ation of Bush was “Mr. Rogers vice in Washington and was the trying to be John Wayne.” Courthouse last president to fight for the Alex Brandon/AP, Pool‌ None of that would be a sur- United States in wartime. Three prise to Bush. Meacham had read advocates former presidents looked on at Former President George W. Bush becomes emotional as he speaks at his eulogy to him, Bush spokes- Washington National Cathedral the State Funeral for his father, former President George H.W. Bush, man Jim McGrath said, and Bush as a fourth — George W. Bush — Wednesday at the National Cathedral in Washington. responded to it with the crack: make case eulogized his dad as “the bright- “That’s a lot about me, Jon.” est of a thousand points of light.” climbed atop the hulking vehi- “are not bothered by heavy traf- The congregation at the cathe- SARAH HAYDEN After three days of remem- cle for a better view, and at least fic.” dral, filled with foreign leaders [email protected]‌ brance in the capital city, the Air 15 firefighters scaled a pair of Trump sat with his wife, a trio and diplomats, Americans of Force plane with Bush’s casket stopped firetrucks to salute. of ex-presidents and their wives, high office and others touched ‌EAST MOLINE — As demoli- left for a final service in Hous- Upon its arrival at the church, several of the group sharp crit- by Bush’s life, rose for the ar- tion of the Rock Island County ton and burial Thursday at his Bush’s casket was met by a mil- ics of his presidency and one rival of the casket, accompanied courthouse draws nearer, a family plot on the presidential itary band and Houston Demo- of them, Hillary Clinton, his by clergy of faiths from around growing group of protesters and library grounds at Texas A&M cratic Mayor Sylvester Turner. 2016 Democratic foe. Apart from the world. In their row together, preservationists have joined to- University in College Station. The national funeral service courteous nods and some hand- Trump and former Presidents gether, becoming more persistent His final resting place is along- at the cathedral was a tribute shakes, there was little inter- Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter in their fight to save the historic side Barbara Bush, his wife of to a president, a patriarch and action between Trump and the and Bill Clinton stood with their building. 73 years, and Robin Bush, the a faded political era that prized others. spouses, and all placed their With time running out, the daughter who died of leukemia military service and public re- George W. Bush broke down hands over their hearts. odds appear against them. The at age 3. sponsibility. It was laced with briefly at the end of his eulogy Simpson regaled the congrega- Public Building Commission His plane, which often serves indirect comparisons to Presi- while invoking the daughter tion with stories from his years approved a bid for demolition at as Air Force One, arrived at El- dent Donald Trump but was not his parents lost in 1953 and his as Bush’s friend in Washington. the Nov. 29 meeting, and a bid for lington Field outside Houston in consumed by them, as speakers mother, who died in April. He More seriously, he recalled that asbestos abatement, scheduled to late afternoon. As a motorcade focused on Bush’s public life said he took comfort in knowing when he went through a rough begin Dec. 13, according to Gil- subsequently carried Bush’s and character — with plenty of “Dad is hugging Robin and hold- patch in the political game, Bush bane Building Co. project man- remains to the family church, cracks about his goofy side, too. ing Mom’s hand again.” conspicuously stood by him ager Phil Thiele. St. Martin’s Episcopal, along a “He was a man of such great The family occupied the White against the advice of aides. “You In a meeting Tuesday with closed interstate, hundreds of humility,” said Alan Simpson, a House for a dozen years — the would have wanted him on your Dispatch-Argus editorial board people in stopped cars on the former Republican senator from 41st president defeated after one side,” he said. members, five local advocates in other side of the road took pic- Wyoming. Those who travel “the term, the 43rd serving two. Jeb Simpson said Bush “loved a tures and shot cell phone video. high road of humility in Wash- Bush stepped up to try to extend One driver of a tanker truck ington, D.C.,” he added pointedly, that run but fell short when See BUSH, Page A2 See COURT, Page A2 Keep up with the news INDEX WEATHER ‌Classified C3-C8 Dear Abby B7 Real estate B10 High: Low: Comics B9, C4 Life B6-B8 Sports B1-B5 31 11 / Crosswords C4, C7 Nation & World A9 Television A10 Clearing. 00 24 7 Full report A10 1 Daily Record A6 Obituaries A4 Viewpoints C1, C2 QCOnline.com D.
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