City of Crystal Lake v. Woit

Mr. JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a bench trial finding her guilty of violating a city ordinance whereby it is unlawful “for any person to transport, carry, possess or have any alcoholic liquor in, upon or about any motor vehicle except in the original package and with the seal unbroken.”

In accordance with Supreme Court Rule 323(c), a report of proceedings was filed which, briefly, discloses that the defendant stopped at a restaurant to pick up a pizza and while there, ordered a martini but did not finish drinking it; that as she drove home,…