People v. Bockman

The State charged defendant, Robert Bockman, with two counts of burglary (720 ILCS 5/19 — 1(a) (West 2000)). Defendant moved to suppress evidence that consisted of recordings of certain conversations. The trial court granted the motion after determining that the applications for authority to use an eavesdropping device to overhear and record the conversations were deficient. The State appeals and contends that the applications were not deficient. Alternatively, the State contends that, even if the applications were deficient, it was error to suppress the recordings because the police acted in…