People v. Bolar

PRESIDING JUSTICE HEIPLE

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State charged the defendant, Juan Bolar, with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, pars. 1402(a)(2), 1401(a)(2)). The defendant subsequently moved to suppress evidence gained from a search of the car he was riding in when arrested. The court granted the motion, and the State filed the instant appeal.

At the defendant’s bench trial, Officer Robert Bodemer testified that on March 21, 1989, around 9 p.m., he observed a…