People v. Holdman

Defendants Leonard Holdman and DeWayne Williams were convicted of armed robbery in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County and each was sentenced to a term of 4 to 6 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, the Appellate Court for the First District reversed on the basis that the defendants’ arrests were made without probable cause, and their subsequent identifications as armed robbers should have been suppressed as the fruit of the improper arrests. (51 Ill. App. 3d 484.) We allowed the State’s petition for leave to appeal.

The facts of this case are detailed in the opinion of the appellate…