People v. Swift

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by the State, purshant to Supreme Court Rule 604 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, oh. 110A, par. 604), from an order of the circuit court of Williamson County suppressing certain evidence seized incident to the defendant’s arrest without a warrant.

Defendant-appellee, Frederick J. Swift, was arrested at approximately 11:30 p.m. on November 14, 1976, while en route from Williamson County to his home in Washington Park, Illinois. At the time defendant’s automobile was stopped, defendant’s brother, co-defendant Darrell Lee…