People v. One 1986 White Mazda Pickup Truck

Resolution of this case requires this court to interpret the meaning of the word "facilitate” as it is used in section 505(a)(3) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 56½, par. 1505(a)(3)).

The parties stipulated that Mark Brown was stopped in his truck on October 9, 1991, due to a warrant which had issued for Brown’s failure to appear on a traffic violation. The police officer searched Brown. Brown had a clear plastic straw in his right interior coat pocket and a plastic bag containing cocaine in his underwear. Subsequent tests established that the straw…