People v. Cardenas

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Walda Daveon Cardenas, was convicted of the unlawful possession with the intent to deliver more than 500 grams of cannabis (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 56½, par. 705(e)). The defendant was sentenced to a term of three years’ imprisonment in the Department of Corrections.

The defendant raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether defendant’s motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because she was illegally detained beyond the time it took to issue a warning citation for traveling four miles over the speed limit; (2) whether the State failed to…