Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Pistorius
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 25, 2015No. 14-1704PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Michael Spencer was driving near his home in Palatine, Illinois, when two police officers from the adjacent City of Rolling Meadows stopped and arrested him without a warrant for promoting prostitution, or “pandering.” See 720 ILCS 5/11-16 (current version at 720 ILCS 5/11-14.3 (2015)). State prosecutors never pursued the pandering charge, but Spencer was convicted in state court of possessing cocaine with intent to deliver, see 720 ILCS *561570/401, based on drugs and other evidence found in his car by the arresting officers. Spencer spent more than five years in prison on that…
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