People v. Bailey

In December 1989, defendant, Brian Bailey, was indicted for the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, that is, less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 561/2, par. 1402(b) (now 720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 1992))). The trial court granted defendant’s motion to suppress evidence found during the search of the passenger compartment of his automobile subsequent to his custodial arrest for driving while his license was suspended; this latter offense is a Class A misdemeanor (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 95^2, par. 6-303(a) (now 625 ILCS…