PEOPLE v. GREER

No. 54444.

87 Ill.2d 89 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 505

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. MARY LOU GREER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert Shuff, State's Attorney, of Mt. Vernon (Herbert Lee Caplan, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Martin N. Ashley, Christopher S. Carroll, and Gaye A. Bergschneider, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Paul D. Giamanco, of Giamanco & Wexstten, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the admissibility of evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant, the complaint for which was based on an anonymous telephone caller's tip. Mary Lou Greer's (defendant's) home was searched, the evidence seized, and she was charged with burglary and theft. Prior to a bench trial, the defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence. The Jefferson County circuit court...

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