People v. Crespo

The defendant, Mercedes Crespo, was indicted for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The trial court granted her motion to suppress evidence seized by a police officer pursuant to a warrantless stop of the car that she was driving, and the State appeals. Because we cannot say that the trial court’s finding of no probable cause to arrest was manifestly erroneous, we affirm.

The sole witness at the suppression hearing was Nikos Eliopoulos (the witness), a police officer with the City of Lake Forest. At the time…