People v. Solis

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Kane County, the defendant, Arnold Solis, was found guilty of residential burglary (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 19 — 3), and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The defendant appeals, contending that: (1) the police officer did not have reasonable articulable suspicion to effectuate the initial stop of the defendant and to frisk the defendant for weapons; and (2) the residential burglary statute is unconstitutional.

On the afternoon of March 8, 1984, police officers received a telephone call from a man named Roger Moore. Mr. Moore reported…