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PEOPLE v. HARDIN

No. 2-88-0161.

179 Ill. App.3d 1072 (1989)

535 N.E.2d 1044

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHARLES W. HARDIN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Casey and Gary V. Johnson, State's Attorneys, of Geneva (William L. Browers and Lawrence M. Bauer, both of State Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Fred M. Morelli, Jr., of Law Offices of Fred M. Morelli, Jr., of Aurora, and Vincent C. Argento, of Argento & Malcolm, of Elgin, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from a suppression order of the circuit court of Kane County. (See 107 Ill.2d R. 604(a)(1).) The issue on appeal is whether police officers' failure to knock and announce before entering defendant's home to execute a valid search warrant was justified by exigent circumstances.

On March 31, 1987, the Kane County...

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