PEOPLE v. TODD

Nos. 45547, 45601, 45697 cons.

59 Ill.2d 534 (1975)

322 N.E.2d 447

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JOSEPH TODD, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. WILLIE CHAMBERS, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. GAINES SELF, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and William V. Hopf, State's Attorney, of Wheaton (James B. Zagel and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James W. Jerz and Edward N. Morris, of the Model District State's Attorney's Office, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Harold J. Spelman, of West Chicago, for appellee.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Jack Hoogasian, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (James B. Zagel and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James W. Jerz, Edward N. Morris, and Charles D. Sheehy, Jr., of the Model District State's Attorney's Office, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Paul Bradley, First Deputy Defender, and Kenneth L. Jones, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago (Akim Gursel (law student), of counsel), for appellee.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and L.E. Ellison, State's Attorney, of Sterling (James B. Zagel and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Donald E. Blodgett and James L. Reese, both of Rock Falls, for appellee.


Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The three cases consolidated in this appeal involve the question whether the provisions of the statute relating to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a narcotic drug (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 95 1/2, par. 144; Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501) prohibit the evidentiary use of a blood sample when obtained without the defendant's consent.

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