People v. Cordero

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from a pretrial order suppressing a quantity of cocaine and a handgun seized pursuant to the execution of a search warrant. The trial judge predicated his suppression order on Franks v. Delaware (1978), 438 U.S. 154, 57 L. Ed. 2d 667, 98 S. Ct. 2674. The only issue on appeal is whether the trial judge’s order suppressing the evidence was manifestly erroneous.

We affirm.

Relevant to our disposition are the following facts as disclosed by the record. On September 7, 1986, Chicago police officer John Galligan submitted…