PEOPLE v. LAWSON

No. 82-562.

119 Ill. App.3d 42 (1983)

456 N.E.2d 170

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THOMAS G. LAWSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed October 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Adams, State's Attorney, of Hillsboro (Stephen E. Norris and Mark A. LaRose, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Denis McGrady, Jr., of McGrady & McGrady, of Gillespie, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal by the State presents the question of whether the police officer who arrested the defendant, Thomas Lawson, had the authority to do so when the arresting officer had come to the defendant's home to arrest him in reliance upon a "warrant list" showing an arrest warrant to be outstanding against him that had, in fact, been served upon him four to six weeks earlier.

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