People v. Novakowski

Following a bench trial, defendant, James Novakowski, was convicted of residential burglary (720 ILCS 5/19 — 3 (West 2004)) and theft (720 ILCS 5/16 — 1(a)(4) (West 2004)), and sentenced to concurrent terms of 15 and 5 years’ imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, defendant contends that his motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence was erroneously denied.

The State’s evidence demonstrated that, on March 12, 2004, Officer James Salas investigated a residential burglary where nothing had been stolen. Officer Salas subsequently drove his marked police car through the neighborhood and…