PEOPLE v. McNAIR

No. 81-495.

113 Ill. App.3d 8 (1983)

446 N.E.2d 577

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHARON L. McNAIR, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Schuwerk, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester (Martin N. Ashley and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark and Scott Graham, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, and Sheva Rifkind, law student, for appellee.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals an order of the trial court granting the motion of defendant, Sharon McNair, to quash her arrest and to suppress evidence. The defendant was charged with the unlawful possession of cannabis and with bringing contraband into a penal institution. Following a hearing the trial court found that police lacked probable cause to arrest...

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