People v. Rimmer

The State appeals from a circuit court order which sustained defendant’s motion to suppress certain identification testimony and evidence of their post-arrest statements. (87 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1).) The issues raised are whether: (1) the State’s appeal was timely filed; (2) an arrest took place in one defendant’s apartment; (3) defendants’ arrests were valid; and (4) the suppressed evidence was admissible.

On October 18, 1982, Marion Johnson was shot to death in front of a building in the Cabrini-Green housing project. Defendants, who were arrested shortly after the shooting, were identified as…