People v. Reynolds

Defendants, Terry A. Reynolds and Kevin Wright, were arrested and charged with theft (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 16 — 1(a)(1)), burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 19 — 1(a)), and possession of burglary tools (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 19 — 2(a)). The circuit court of Du Page County allowed defendants’ motion to quash the arrest and suppress the evidence seized at the time of the arrest. The appellate court affirmed (101 Ill. App. 3d 576), and we allowed the People’s petition for leave to appeal (73 Ill. 2d R. 315).

The facts are adequately stated in the appellate…