People v. Jones

The State appeals the trial court’s order suppressing evidence that had been seized as a result of two searches of the defendant’s car. Besides the merits of that order this appeal also raises a jurisdictional question regarding the steps taken by the State to present this issue here for review.

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People v. Young (1980), 82 Ill. 2d 234, 412 N.E.2d 501, requires that the State, as a prerequisite to taking an interlocutory appeal of an order suppressing evidence, certify to the trial court that the suppression will substantially impair prosecution of the defendant. Several months after filing its…