Cook and DuPage counties, Illinois
I was arrested illegally by POLICE DEPARTMENT #1, and, because of this arrest, they also searched my car. IN the car they found various items which they had absolutely no reason whatsoever to believe were stolen - one of which was, the rest of which were not. They then called a nearby school to see if the school had had any reports of a stolen "stolen item #1". They had. They then called the owner of the item to verify that it was hers. POLICE DEPARTMENT #1 then called POLICE DEPARTMENT #2 to come and arrest me for "theft of item". I am quite sure that POLICE DEPARTMENT #2 had a warrant before they arrested me, which is probably why they were called to do the charge. Is this an illegal arrest with case dismissed because the search was illegal, or is that nullified because they had the warrant?
Put more simply, if a warrant was obtained, but was obtained due to an illegal search, is the arrest still illegal?


