People v. Kveton

Based on an informant’s tip, the police stopped defendant, Kevin M. Kveton, outside his home and asked to search a backpack he was carrying. Defendant allowed the search, which disclosed a lockbox containing cannabis. The police then entered defendant’s home, searched his bedroom, and discovered additional cannabis in a second backpack. The State charged defendant with possessing 30 to 500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (720 ILCS 550/5(d) (West 2004)). Defendant, who was a high school student at the time of the arrest, moved to quash the arrest and suppress the evidence, arguing…