Legal Opinion
People v. Gonzalez
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 2003No. 92305PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitzgerald
The issue we consider is whether, during the course of a routine traffic stop, a police officer’s mere request for identification from a passenger runs afoul of the federal and state constitutional prohibitions against unreasonable seizures. See U.S. Const., amend. IV; Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, § 6. We hold that such a request passes constitutional muster.
BACKGROUND
The salient facts in this case are not in dispute. On December 9, 1998, Officers McCarthy and Lee of the Naperville police department were on routine patrol. Both officers were in plain clothes in an unmarked vehicle. At…
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