PEOPLE v. FLATT

No. 52621.

82 Ill.2d 250 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 509

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ANDREW FLATT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Michael Filipovic, Assistant Defender, of the Office of State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Donald B. Mackay and Neal B. Goodfriend, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.


Vacated and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the right of the State to appeal from an interlocutory order in a criminal case. Specifically, the question presented is whether the trial court order appealed from was an order "suppressing evidence" and, therefore, appealable by the State by virtue of our Rule 604(a)(1). (73 Ill.2d R. 604(a)(1).) A similar question is...

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