People v. Settecase

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROMITI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County sustaining defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence which was obtained during an inventory search of defendant’s person at the police station following his arrest for disorderly conduct. In this appeal the State contends that the search, which uncovered various controlled substances, was valid as incident to a lawful arrest and as an inventory of defendant’s possessions while in police custody as a result of a lawful arrest. Although defendant has not filed a…