People v. Collins

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant was convicted of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, marijuana, (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 22 — 3) and sentenced to two years probation. She appealed to this court contending that the evidence seized was a product of an illegal search and that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to present evidence that had been previously suppressed at a preliminary hearing. Thereafter we allowed defendant’s motion to supplement her brief by raising the issue heretofore decided by this court in People v. McCabe, 49…