PEOPLE v. NOVAKOWSKI

No. 1-05-0547.

857 N.E.2d 816 (2006)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James NOVAKOWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

October 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Pagano, Chicago (Vincent J. Pagano, of counsel), for Appellant.

Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, James E. Fitzgerald, Veronica Calderon Malavia and Andrea E. Forsyth, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, James Novakowski, was convicted of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19-3 (West 2004)) and theft (720 ILCS 5/16-1(a)(4) (West 2004)), and sentenced to concurrent terms of 15 and 5 years' imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, defendant contends that his motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence was erroneously denied.

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