People v. Salter

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Eugene Salter, was convicted by a jury of possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56*2, par. 1402(b)) and unlawful use of weapons (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 24 — 1 (a)(4)). He was sentenced to 30 months probation for the narcotic’s offense and a concurrent term of 1 year probation on the weapon’s conviction. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence that was recovered from a bag1 located on the back seat of the auto he was…