Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of unlawful use or possessions of weapons by a felon and possessing a firearm with defaced identification marks.Evidence was sufficient to establish that an offense had been committed to corroborate Defendant's confession that the guns in his home belonged to him, including the fact that guns were seized from a bedroom in his home. Defendant argued that evidence should be suppressed because complaint supporting search warrant for his home was incomplete, in that second page of the complaint, which had been signed by judge issuing warrant, had gone missing. Court properly denied motion to suppress, after State presented unsigned copy of complaint at hearing.State was not required to restore the complaint under the Court Records Restoration Act, because it had what it purported to be a complete copy of complaint. State sufficiently authenticated that copy under rules of evidence.(McBRIDE and COBBS, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Motions to Suppress