PEOPLE v. HELMS

No. 78-107.

67 Ill. App.3d 729 (1978)

385 N.E.2d 127

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLIFFORD HELMS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Joan S. Cherry, and Armand L. Andry, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Serpico, Novelle, Dvorak & Navigato, Ltd., of Chicago (Robert A. Novelle, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110A, par. 604(a)(1)) from an order granting defendant's motion to suppress evidence and quash his arrest entered on February 16, 1977. The sole issue on appeal is whether the police had probable cause to arrest and search the defendant without a warrant. We reverse. The pertinent facts follow.<...

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