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PEOPLE v. LAWSON

No. 1-97-2943.

700 N.E.2d 125 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 997

233 Ill.Dec. 24

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald L. LAWSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

August 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, Jessica R. Ball, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Robert C. Drizin, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the Court:

The People of the State of Illinois appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County granting the motion of defendant, Gerald Lawson, to quash his arrest and suppress evidence. For the reasons given below, we affirm.

FACTS

In March 1996 defendant Gerald Lawson was charged by an eighteen-count information with one count of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 1994)); one count of armed robbery...

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