PEOPLE v. LOFTUS

Nos. 3-86-0256, 3-86-0257 cons.

157 Ill. App.3d 1093 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 232

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STEVEN R. LOFTUS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed July 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Kimbell II, State's Attorney, of Galesburg (John X. Breslin, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli and Frank W. Ralph, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from orders suppressing all evidence and statements and quashing the arrests of Steven R. Loftus and Randall K. Wagner in an attempted burglary prosecution.

At the hearing on the motions to suppress, testimony was presented which indicated that on December 17, 1985, Joseph Gorse, an assistant professor of chemistry...

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