PEOPLE v. BLITZ

No. 75-155.

38 Ill. App.3d 419 (1976)

347 N.E.2d 764

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RICHARD EUGENE BLITZ, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert J. Lantz, State's Attorney, of Chester (Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Stephen P. Hurley and Thomas F. Sullivan, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and John Ozella, Law Student, for appellee.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 110A, par. 604), from an order entered by the circuit court of Randolph County suppressing evidence seized by the police after the defendant, Richard Eugene Blitz, was stopped, ostensibly, for a traffic offense.

The defendant was charged by information with the unlawful possession...

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