People v. White

Following a bench trial defendant was convicted of driving a truck on a highway with a gross weight in excess of that permitted by statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 95½, par. 15 — 111(g)) and was fined $16,000. On appeal defendant raises several questions regarding the sufficiency of the evidence, statutory interpretation and the propriety of the police to have stopped him and then weighed his vehicle.

About noontime on November 27, 1987, Illinois State Police officer Tony Rapaz was on patrol driving on 91st Street near Interstate 94 (1-94) when he saw a large semitrailer truck carrying a…