Legal Opinion
People v. Carton
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 30, 1981No. 80-267, 80-266 consPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant Guadalupe Carton was charged with the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, cocaine. Defendant Anthony Carton was charged in a three-count information with unlawful possession of cocaine, LSD and cannabis. Prior to trial, the defendants successfully moved to quash a search warrant and suppress the evidence seized under the warrant, which they claimed was improperly issued. The People have appealed.
The affidavit in support of the complaint for search warrant stated as follows:
“1. That your affiant is a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Blue v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- People v. BornAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- People v. SeatsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- People v. CartonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981