People v. Daugherty

This is an interlocutory appeal by the State pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a) (107 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)) from a pretrial order suppressing all evidence seized from and statements made by defendant, Richard S. Daugherty, which the trial court found resulted after a consent to enter his residence was given by his wife due to an improper subterfuge employed by the police. The only issue before us is whether the trial court’s ruling suppressing this evidence was manifestly erroneous.

Defendant was charged with the unlawful possession of more than 30 grams but not more than 500 grams of a…