The People v. Sprovieri

This is an appeal from the Appellate Court, First District, which reversed the trial court order granting defendant’s motion to suppress certain evidence. Defendant’s principal contention was that the evidence he sought to suppress was the product of an unlawful search and seizure.

The only evidence adduced at the hearing on the motion was the testimony of Officer William Lenz, one of the policemen present at defendant’s private garage where the articles were discovered and seized. It was established that at about 3 :2o P.M., on May 29, 1965, a man’s body was found in the trunk of a car parked…