People v. Ranson

Armed with a search warrant, police officers seized marijuana, hypodermic needles and syringes in the apartment of Ida Mae Ranson and she was subsequently indicted for the unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. She filed a pretrial motion to quash the search warrant on the ground that the complaint for the warrant was factually insufficient to establish the reliability of the unnamed informant. The motion was allowed and the State, pursuant to the provisions of Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110A, par. 604, appeals the order of the tidal court. It contends that the motion was erroneously granted…