People v. Boyd

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant Robert Boyd was charged with possession of cannabis with intent to deliver in violation of section 5(e) of the Cannabis Control Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 56V2, par. 705(e)). He unsuccessfully moved to suppress evidence seized from his luggage after exposure to a narcotics detector dog. He was then convicted as charged after a stipulated bench trial and sentenced to a prison term of three years. The issue on appeal is whether the police had a reasonable, articulable suspicion that the defendant’s luggage contained…