The PEOPLE v. De Filippis

This appeal, here on leave granted to review the decision of the appellate court in People v. DeFilippis, 54 Ill. App. 2d 137, presents the question, answered in the affirmative by the appellate court, of whether defendants charged with the crimes of burglary and theft must establish a possessory interest either in the premises searched or the property seized, in order to secure the exclusion of evidence allegedly obtained in violation of constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure. The appellate court reversed the order of the circuit court of Cook County allowing…