People v. Marlow

This is an appeal by the State from an order quashing the defendants’ arrest and suppressing evidence found in their possession.

On the morning of April 9,1974, the Chicago Police Department made a written request to the State’s Attorney of Cook County for permission to electronically monitor and record a conversation which was expected to take place between 1 and 6 p.m. that day between an informant named Tyrone Williams and the defendant, Phillip Hill. The State’s attorney was not available and the request was forwarded to his first assistant, who had been authorized by the State’s attorney…