People v. Franks

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered by the Circuit Court of Whiteside County after a trial without a jury.

On July 7, 1978, Trooper David Miller of the Illinois State Police set up portable weighing scales along Illinois Route 88 south of the Illinois Route 5 overpass. Signs were placed along the roadway directing southbound truck traffic onto the scales.

The defendant, Gerald R. Franks, heeding the directions of the signs, drove his truck onto the scales which were located on the shoulder of the highway.

Trooper…