People v. Bridges

Two complaints charged defendant with unlawful possession of a depressant drug, and unlawful possession of hypodermic needles. Ill Rev Stats 1967, c 111½, § 802(c) and c 38, § 22-50. The State has appealed from the trial court’s allowance of defendant’s motion to suppress as evidence certain barbiturates (discovered in a small tin container which a police officer testified he had seen defendant drop to the ground) and hypodermic needles (found on defendant’s person during a subsequent search). No brief has been filed by defendant.

The arresting officer, Thure Mills, testified, on direct…