PEOPLE v. PIERINI

No. 1-95-1442.

664 N.E.2d 140 (1996)

278 Ill. App.3d 974

215 Ill.Dec. 743

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ivano PIERINI, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Bloom, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kalina Tulley, of counsel), for appellee.


Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Ivano Pierini was convicted of possession with intent to deliver more than 500 grams of cannabis and was sentenced to two years' probation, with a $2,000 fine. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the circuit court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress evidence. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

At the suppression hearing, Chicago police officer...

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