PEOPLE v. CLIFTON

Gen. No. 52,079.

98 Ill. App.2d 383 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 292

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rosa Lee Clifton, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

June 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Oliver D. Ferguson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

Sam Adam, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court.

The State appeals from an order of the Circuit Court suppressing certain evidence. Defendant was charged with unlawful possession of narcotics. She moved to suppress the narcotics taken from her possession in a search incident to an arrest asserting that the arrest was made without probable cause and that the evidence was therefore the product of an illegal search. Appellant's sole contention is that probable...

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