People v. McGowan

The defendant, James J. McGowan, was convicted of one count of unlawful use of a weapon, a Class A misdemeanor (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, pars. 24 — 1(a)(4), 24 — 1(b)), in the circuit court of Peoria County. The Appellate Court, Third District, affirmed (45 Ill. App. 3d 61), and we granted the defendant’s petition for leave to appeal.

The only questions before us in this appeal concern whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motions to suppress certain evidence (including the weapon in question). The defendant initially made a pretrial motion to suppress that evidence,…