People v. Conard

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals the granting of a suppression motion in favor of the defendant, Rodney Conard. The sole question on appeal is whether the trial court properly suppressed the evidence. We affirm.

The record shows that the State charged the defendant with residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 19—13). The defendant subsequently filed a motion to suppress, alleging that the police had improperly seized a coin purse from his person.

At a hearing on the motion, Officer Robert Fitzgerald testified that he was patrolling…