People v. Earley

The State appeals the circuit court’s granting of the defendant’s, Susan Earley’s, motion to quash arrest and to suppress evidence. At the hearing on the defendant’s motion, the court considered only the evidence concerning the defendant’s arrest; therefore, the sole issue raised on appeal is whether the circuit court’s determination, that the police had neither reasonable, articulable facts justifying the stop of the defendant nor probable cause to arrest her, was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

The facts presented at the hearing on the defendant’s motion to quash arrest are as…