People v. Clark

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals his conviction of forgery by bench trial and the sentence of one to three years imposed.

Upon appeal defendant contends that certain stolen blank checks were taken from the glove compartment of his car in an illegal search and seizure, and that his written confession to forgery was the product of such unlawful search.

The proceedings upon the motion to suppress evidence disclose that defendant was driving with his codefendant in an automobile which broke down and stopped in the traffic lane of an arterial street.…