Appellate Court of Illinois July 18, 2003, 2-02-0714 Rel (People v. Koester)

JUSTICE McLAREN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this consolidated appeal, the State appeals the trial court’s granting of defendants’ motions to suppress evidence and confessions and motions to quash arrests. We affirm.

On March 31, 2002, defendants Jason J. Koester, Carrie Ann Davenport, Emily Kay Pearson, Josephine M. Skutt, Erika S. Young, and Annette L.