PEOPLE v. LONG

No. 57880.

99 Ill.2d 219 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 1252

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM H. LONG, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Joan C. Scott, State's Attorney, of Lewistown (John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Sue Augustus, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, William H. Long, was convicted of burglary and sentenced to a term of three years' imprisonment following a bench trial in the circuit court of Fulton County. Before trial, defendant moved to suppress evidence on the ground that his detention and arrest were without probable cause, a warrant, or consent, and therefore in violation of rights guaranteed...

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