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PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

No. 50507.

74 Ill.2d 457 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 53

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. GEORGE T. HAMILTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Champaign (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Thomas C. Crooks, and David Cassorla, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert B. McGee, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves a motion to suppress evidence as being the fruit of an unreasonable search. The circuit court of Champaign County denied the motion to suppress, and the defendant was convicted at a bench trial of possession of heroin, in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1402(a)). The...

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