People v. Cole

After a bench trial defendant, Willie Cole, was found guilty of burglary and sentenced by the circuit corut of Peoria County to a term of imprisonment of from two to 12 years. On this appeal the only error urged is that the trial corut erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized at the time of arrest.

By agreement of the parties, the trial on the merits and the hearing on the defendant’s suppression motion were heard concurrently. The People presented the testimony of several witnesses, including that of two police officers and that of the owner of the property stolen.…