PEOPLE v. SANTORO

No. 1-88-1076.

192 Ill. App.3d 895 (1989)

549 N.E.2d 708

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETER SANTORO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (6th Division).

Opinion filed December 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund and Linda Woloshin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Callie Baird and Vicki Rogers, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellees.


Order reversed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a State appeal from an order allowing the defendants' motion to suppress evidence.

The defendants, Peter Santoro and John Kopel, were arrested on August 10, 1987. The State charged both defendants with possession of cocaine; Kopel was also charged with possession of cannabis. At the suppression hearing, the only witness...

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