Legal Opinion
People v. Courtright
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 7, 1970No. Gen. 70-67PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DAVIS
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant, William J. Courtright, was arrested on February 18, 1969, for driving an overweight truck, and the arresting officer directed him to drive to the approved scale to have his truck weighed. Prior to the trial, the defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence as to the weight of the truck on the ground that this evidence was obtained without prior “Miranda” warnings having been given to him. The trial court granted the motion to suppress, and the State appealed.
The defendant moved to dismiss the appeal because: the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- The People v. MulackIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- The People v. MunziatoIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- People v. JohansonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- People v. SchmidtAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972