People v. Cohen

PRESIDING JUSTICE NASH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Paul Cohen and Earl Sklar, were charged by indictment with the unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 56x/2, par. 1401(a)(2)), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 56x/2, par. 1402(b)) and unlawful possession of cannabis (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 56x/2, pars. 704(b), 704(c)). Defendants’ pretrial motions to suppress the contraband evidence seized in defendant Cohen’s residence were granted by the trial court on the ground it had…