People v. Watson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order revoking defendant’s probation and sentencing him to one to three years in the Department of Corrections. The single issue presented is whether the trial court erred in refusing a hearing on defendant’s motion to quash his arrest and suppress the evidence seized.

Defendant was on probation for a conviction for burglary when he was arrested and charged with the possession of heroin and marijuana. At the inception of the subsequent probation revocation hearing, defendant moved to quash and suppress,…