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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 5-00-0780.

760 N.E.2d 1012 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 479

260 Ill.Dec. 239

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paula L. THOMAS, a/k/a Paula L. Williams, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hon. Kevin Kakac, State's Attorney, Wayne County Courthouse, Fairfield, IL; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Kevin D. Sweeney, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, IL, Attorneys for Appellant.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Rita K. Peterson, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial District, Mt. Vernon, IL, Attorneys for Appellee.

Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the trial court's grant of a motion to suppress evidence filed by Paula L. Thomas (defendant). The parties disagree about the issue facing this court, due to their disagreement about the standard of review. Therefore, the issues, as we discern them, are whether the standard of review is de novo, as the State suggests, since the substantive issue is one exclusively of law, or whether...

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