PEOPLE v. FRANCIS

No. 71-108.

4 Ill. App.3d 65 (1971)

280 N.E.2d 49

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN H. FRANCIS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

March 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Hopf, State's Attorney, of Wheaton, (Ralph J. Gust, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Marco & Manniana, of Downers Grove, for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff appeals from an order granting defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence.

The State's evidence disclosed that at about 9:20 P.M. a police officer on patrol saw defendant's car parked facing north with one of its wheels on the road. The officer parked his squad car behind defendant's auto and walked toward it. He testified that, at the time, there were...

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