PEOPLE v. OUELLETTE

No. 50647.

78 Ill.2d 511 (1979)

401 N.E.2d 507

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOSEPH V. OUELLETTE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and L. Patrick Power, State's Attorney, of Ottawa (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Michael B. Weinstein, and David Cassorla, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong and John X. Breslin, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Vincent P. Paulauskis, of Nutting, Thacker, Sacks & Paulauskis, of Kankakee, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In the unrelated narcotics cases of the defendants, Joseph V. Ouellette and Thomas E. Smith, the circuit court of Kankakee County granted the defendants' motions to suppress evidence. On a consolidated appeal, the appellate court affirmed (57 Ill.App.3d 249). We granted the State leave to appeal (65 Ill.2d R. 315(b)). The issue is whether police...

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