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PEOPLE v. WATTS

No. 80-101.

93 Ill. App.3d 420 (1981)

417 N.E.2d 247

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLAY WATTS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Schwartz, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Martin N. Ashley and Stephen E. Norris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

John H. Reid, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and Brian Lewis, law student, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged by information with unlawful possession of cannabis in that on September 2, 1979, he knowingly possessed more than 500 grams of a substance containing cannabis (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 56 1/2, par. 704(e)). A preliminary hearing was held and probable cause found. Subsequently, a motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence was filed by the defendant, evidence...

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