People v. Rodriguez

Defendant Richard Rodriguez was convicted for unlawful possession of cannabis. He was sentenced to 12 months’ conditional discharge and fined $110 plus costs. He brings this appeal asserting the trial judge erroneously denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

On August 21, 1985, at approximately 11:18 p.m., Officer William Rakoski of the Joliet police department responded to a call over his police radio that there were subjects loitering in the parking lot of an area church. When he arrived at the church, another Joliet officer was already on the scene and was standing…