People v. Penny

Defendant, Jonathan Penny, was charged by information with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 56½, par. 1401(a)(2).) Defendant filed a motion to quash his arrest and to suppress evidence seized at the time of his arrest, alleging that the arresting officers did not have probable cause to believe the package they had seized from defendant’s car contained a controlled substance. The trial court granted defendant’s motion and the State appeals (107 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)). For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

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