People v. Wolsk

PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a)(1) (87 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)), contesting the propriety of an interlocutory order entered by the trial court granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of weapons and various controlled substances seized from his person and automobile. A summary of the pertinent facts follows.

On February 7, 1982, at approximately 1:15 a.m., Officer Baron of the Skokie police department was dispatched to the scene of an automobile accident in the vicinity of 7606 N. Karlov in the Village of…