People v. Holmes

Defendant Quentin Holmes was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and theft over $300. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, pars. 9— 1(a)(1), 9 — 1(a)(2), 24 — 1.1(a), 16 — 1(a)(1)(A).) The trial court entered a pretrial order, pursuant to defendant’s motion, quashing defendant’s arrest and suppressing his confession and physical evidence obtained as a result of the confession. The State appeals the suppression order. We reverse.

Testimony at the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress revealed that on the morning of November…