People v. Tatman

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court;

This is a consolidated appeal by the State from an order of the Circuit Court of Warren County granting the seven defendants’ motion to quash a search warrant and to suppress evidence seized in the execution of that warrant. The trial court found that the complaint for a search warrant failed to satisfy the requirements set forth in Aguilar v. Texas (1964), 378 U.S. 108, 12 L. Ed. 2d 723, 84 S. Ct. 1509. On the basis of deficiencies under both parts of the Aguilar test, the court quashed the warrant and ordered the evidence…