People v. Pankhurst
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Malley
The State appeals the judgment of the circuit court granting the motion of defendant, Nikolaus J. Pankhurst, to quash his arrest and suppress evidence based on his high school officials’ failure to precede their questioning of him with warnings pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 16 L. Ed. 2d 694, 86 S. Ct. 1602 (1966). We reverse and remand, finding that the school officials were not agents of the police when they questioned defendant and therefore were not required to provide Miranda warnings.
Defendant was charged with possession of cannabis (720 ILCS 550/4(c) (West 2002)),…
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