People v. Sain

The State appeals under Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (87 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)) from a written order of the trial court granting .the motion of defendant, John E Sain, to suppress evidence seized from his home in a search conducted pursuant to a search warrant. The search warrant had been issued on the complaint of Officer Steven Arp, who had observed cannabis in defendant’s living room when Officer Arp had entered defendant’s home in a previous unsuccessful attempt to execute an arrest warrant for defendant on an unrelated charge. As a result of the seizure, defendant was charged by…