People v. Holmes

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604 (a)(1) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110A, par. 604(a)(1)), brings this interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County sustaining defendant’s motion to quash a search warrant and suppress certain evidence. The trial court found that the search warrant was invalid because it failed to state the date of the offense, and because it failed to describe with sufficient particularity the items to be seized.

On June 13, 1971, an officer of the Chicago Heights Police…