PEOPLE v. COOKE

No. 4-97-0955.

701 N.E.2d 526 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 273

233 Ill.Dec. 676

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth L. COOKE, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided September 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Tucker, State's Atty., Havana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Jeffrey K. Davison, Staff Atty. (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Duane E. Schuster, Asst. Defender (argued), Tania Snyder, Law Student, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Kenneth L. Cooke.


Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (145 Ill.2d R. 604(a)(1)) from the order of the circuit court of Mason County quashing a search warrant and suppressing evidence in two cases against the defendant, Kenneth L. Cooke. In Mason County case No. 96-CF-135, defendant was charged in two counts with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and unlawful use of a weapon. 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a)(6...

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