State v. Shevchuk

Peterson, Justice.

Defendant, Paul W. Shevchuk, upon this appeal from a conviction of burglary, contends only that the evidence against him was constitutionally inadmissible as the fruit of an unlawful search and seizure incident to his detention for a traffic offense. We think not, so the judgment of conviction must be affirmed.

A police officer, David John Ericson, observed defendant’s automobile speeding in the city of Bloomington in the early morning hours of March 18, 1968. The automobile did not stop promptly when signaled, but when it did stop, both defendant, who was in the passenger…