People v. Zeller

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Iroquois County, defendant David Zeller was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and sentenced to one to three years in the penitentiary. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erroneously refused to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a warrantless search of defendant’s person.

At a hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress, Illinois State Trooper Donald Thompson testified that at 7:15 p.m. on September 14, 1975, he stopped an automobile because of a…