People v. Sinegal

PRESIDING JUSTICE CHAPMAN

delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Justices Welch and Donovan concurred in the judgment and opinipn.

OPINION

The defendant, Cedric J. Sinegal, appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of cannabis. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence because officers who pierced the side of a plastic-wrapped package containing the cannabis lacked probable cause to search the package. We affirm.

The defendant’s conviction stems from a stop of his vehicle at a gas station near Interstate 57 in Union County,…