People v. Holowko

In a complaint filed in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Sergei Holowko, was charged with the offense of harassment by telephone (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 134, par. 16.4 —1(1)). Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 604(a) (87 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)), the People appealed from the circuit court’s order allowing defendant’s motion in limine to exclude from evidence certain telephone “trap” or “line tracer” records made by the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. The appellate court affirmed (124 Ill. App. 3d 426), and we allowed the People’s petition for leave to appeal (94 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)).

The…