A state appeals panel on Monday rejected a murder defendant’s claims that he was coerced into making incriminating statements because he was unable to get updates about his allegedly ill son.Under Illinois law, a defendant is able to make a “reasonable” number of phone calls to his or her attorney and a family member.Torolan Williams asked Chicago police detectives five times if he could use the phone after they arrested him on June 9, 2008, in connection with a quintuple murder and armed robbery.But it …