Unlawful Use of a Weapon (UUW) -All Charges Dismissed

The Tinley Park Police Department were dispatched to a hotel with regards to an armed robbery that had just occurred. While searching for the offender, the police observed my client in his vehicle on the side of the road with his hazard lights on. When the officers approached, they observed the butt of a handgun on the floorboard. The officers ordered my client out of his vehicle at gunpoint and recovered a .40 caliber Ruger handgun loaded with a 15 round magazine. My client did not have a FOID card and was arrested. I filed a motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence based upon the fact that the officers had no right to approach my client and question him. Before we even got to the hearing, the State of Illinois dismissed all charges based upon my filing of the motion to quash!