Legal Opinion
People v. Mitchell
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1995No. 76722PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
This appeal lies to this court on a certificate of importance from the appellate court (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 4(c); 134 Ill. 2d R. 316). The issue, as framed by the appellate court, is whether the "plain touch” doctrine recognized by the United States Supreme Court in Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993), 508 U.S. 366, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334, 113 S. Ct. 2130, violates article I, section 6, of the Illinois Constitution.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In July 1992, Officer Edward King observed defendant, Curtis Mitchell, driving a 15-year-old Oldsmobile southbound in the alley of Orleans Street in…
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