People v. Fox

After being charged with retail theft over *150 in violation of section 16A — 3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 16A—3), the defendant, Roger Fox, filed a motion to suppress evidence discovered during a State police inventory of his car. At the conclusion of the suppression hearing, his motion was granted. The State appeals, contending that the inventory search of the defendant’s car was proper.

The testimony at the suppression hearing indicates that on February 24, 1977, the defendant was stopped after a State policeman made a routine check of license plates of…