People v. Ward

David Ward (defendant) was arrested and charged by information with the unauthorized production of more than 50 Cannabis sativa plants (720 ILCS 550/8(d) (West 1998)). Defendant filed a motion to suppress all evidence seized, on the basis that there was no probable cause to issue a search warrant as the search warrant failed to set forth sufficient facts about the cooperating source to enable the trial court to determine the reliability of the source. A hearing was conducted and defendant’s motion to suppress was granted; however, it was later denied, after the State filed a motion to reopen…