People v. Burks
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schmidt
The defendants, Juan Burks, Romell Ratliff, and Larry Fletcher, were arrested and charged with attempted armed robbery. 720 ILCS 5/8 — 4(a), 18 — 2(a) (West 2002). Their cases were consolidated for the purpose of a motion to quash the arrests and suppress the evidence. The trial court granted the motion and suppressed the evidence on the ground that the officers did not have probable cause to arrest the defendants. The State appeals, and we reverse.
I. FACTS
At the suppression hearing, Illinois State Police Sergeant Terry Shaw testified that he had investigated a series of similar armed…
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