People v. Moorhead

Defendant, James Moorhead, was found guilty after a bench trial of the offense of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, in violation of section 22 — 3 of the Criminal Code, 1 and was sentenced to a term of four years and one day. He contends on this appeal that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to suppress evidence seized from him without a warrant, after an allegedly improper arrest.

In his motion and supplemental motion for "probable cause” (as captioned by defendant), filed pro se in this matter, the defendant alleged that on April 29,1969, he was stopped in the 2100…