PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 47348.

62 Ill.2d 375 (1975)

342 N.E.2d 383

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, Deputy Defender, and Richard Steck, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Frank X. Yackley, State's Attorney, of Ottawa (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr and Anne Taylor, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of La Salle County found the defendant, James Thomas, guilty of possession of cannabis following denial of his motion to suppress evidence and quash a search warrant. The court imposed a fine of $500 payable within six months. On appeal to the appellate court, defendant argued that the sworn complaint for a search warrant failed to establish probable...

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