People v. Spann

The State appeals the order of the circuit court granting the motion of defendant, Ricardo Spann, to quash his arrest. The issues on appeal are whether the police had grounds to stop and frisk defendant and whether the police had probable cause to believe a bag concealed in defendant’s pocket contained contraband.

A grand jury indicted defendant for the possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, par. 1402(b)). On October 9, 1990, detective sergeant Mark Brictson of the Elgin police department obtained a warrant to search the apartment of Haywood Hughes at 602 Raymond…