The People v. Zeravich

The defendant, Sanders Jack Zeravich, was indicted for burglary and theft in the criminal court of Cook County. His pre-trial motion to suppress certain evidence, on the ground that it was the product of an illegal search, was sustained, and the People have appealed directly to this court. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 38, par. 747.) A construction of the constitution is involved. People v. Williams, 27 Ill.2d 542.

■ The only witness at the hearing on the motion to suppress was. officer Robert Loftus of the River Forest Police Department. He testified that he was on patrol duty in a police car…