People v. Baughman

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Michael Scharf was convicted in the Circuit Court of Macon County of the offense of unlawful possession of cannabis weighing in excess of 500 grams (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56½, par. 704e) and sentenced to 2 years probation. The sole question raised on appeal is the propriety of the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized on August 25, 1975, in a warrantless search conducted by law enforcement officers.

The search and seizure arose under very unusual circumstances,…