People v. Naseef

This case comes to us on the State’s certification that a suppression order of the trial court substantially impairs its ability to prosecute. The relevant order excluded from evidence certain statements of the defendant, Robert T. Naseef. The State argues that the court erred in excluding the defendant’s statements. We affirm.

The defendant was ticketed for driving under the influence of alcohol. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 951/2, par. 11-501(a).) When the defendant was in the arresting officer’s squad car, the officer, Randy Reagan, requested that the defendant take a breath analysis test. He…