Legal Opinion
People v. Gonzalez
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 30, 2001No. 2-99-1349 RelPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLAREN
Defendant, John A. Gonzalez, was charged with possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 1998)). The State appeals an order granting defendant’s motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence (see 145 Ill. 2d R. 604(a)(1)). We affirm.
Defendant and Officer John McCarthy testified at the hearing on defendant’s motion. Defendant gave the following testimony. On December 9, 1998, he was riding in the front passenger seat of a car driven by his friend. The car was pulled over for having no front license plate. Officer McCarthy and another officer asked the driver for…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- People v. BrownleeIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
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- People v. GonzalezIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
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