PEOPLE v. HOFFMAN

No. 53305.

84 Ill.2d 480 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 1145

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ARTHUR DUANE HOFFMAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner and William J. Scott, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Michael B. Weinstein, and Jonathan Strauss, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, Thomas R. LaMont and Donald L. Hays, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, and Jay D. Stein, law student, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Gary R. Peterson, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.


Judgments vacated; cause remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Champaign County, defendant, Arthur Duane Hoffman, was convicted of unlawful use of weapons and aggravated assault. Holding that the circuit court erred in denying defendant's oral motion to suppress evidence, the appellate court reversed and remanded (

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