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People v. Cosby

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 18, 2008No. 100681, 102584PublishedCited by 127 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garman

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Thomas and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion, joined by Justices Kilbride and Burke.

OPINION

These consolidated cases involve unrelated traffic stops of vehicles driven by defendants Cosby and Mendoza.

BACKGROUND

Michael Cosby

The State initially charged Cosby with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia (720 ILCS 600/3.5 (West 2000)) and unlawful possession of cocaine (720 ILCS 570/ 402(c) (West 2000)), resulting from a search of Cosby’s vehicle and of a cigarette pack…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by127 opinions

  1. People v. LovejoyIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
  2. People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 2010
  3. People v. CloseIllinois Supreme Court · 2010
  4. People v. SuttonIllinois Supreme Court · 2009
  5. People v. McDonaldIllinois Supreme Court · 2017

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