People v. Walter

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

After filing a certificate of the impairment, the State appeals, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a) (87 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)), from a pretrial order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence, to wit, a 1981 Cadillac Eldorado.

Defendant, James W. Walter, was charged by information with felony theft of a 1981 Cadillac Eldorado (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a)(1)), possession of component parts of a vehicle with knowledge their identification numbers had been removed (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 951/2, par. 4 — 103(4)) and…