People v. Dorney

This is an appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) from an order of the Macon County circuit court suppressing evidence in an arson prosecution.

On August 23, 1972, a mobile home, occúpied and being financed on contract by defendant, Orman Dorney, and his wife, was ravaged by fire forcing the Dorneys to seek alternative refuge. Although the damage to their home was extensive, certain salvagable items of personal; property remained in the gutted trailer, and. defendant returned to the trailer on at least one occasion to retrieve some of these items. However, when defendant returned on…