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People v. Smith

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 16, 2000No. 4-98-0959PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Robin Smith, was convicted, at a stipulated bench trial, of the offense of possession of drug paraphernalia (720 ILCS 600/ 3.5(a) (West 1998)). Defendant was later sentenced to 12 months’ conditional discharge. Defendant appeals the court’s denial of her motion to suppress. We reverse.

The evidence at the September 1998 hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress showed the following.

Champaign police officer Christopher Ballard testified that about 2:30 a.m. on July 8, 1998, he was on routine patrol when he saw a blue car with a…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. People v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
  2. People v. RobinsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
  3. People v. GonzalezAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
  4. People v. WilliamsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
  5. People v. IsaacAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002

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