Legal Opinion
People v. Cox
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 2002No. 90759PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
Defendant, Anne F. Cox, filed a motion to suppress evidence seized by law enforcement personnel during a search of her car and her person following a traffic stop. The circuit court of Wayne County granted the motion. The appellate court affirmed. 318 Ill. App. 3d 161. We granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal (177 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the appellate court.
BACKGROUND
On July 18, 1998, at approximately 2:21 a.m., Officer Matt McCormick of the Fairfield police department stopped defendant’s vehicle because it did not have a rear…
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