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PEOPLE v. RIGGS

No. 77-270.

62 Ill. App.3d 338 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 129

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THOMAS RIGGS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed July 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Woods, State's Attorney, of Oregon (Phyllis J. Perko and Jan Tuckerman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Mark Schuster, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Thomas Riggs, was arrested for unlawful possession of cannabis. The State appeals an order which suppressed the evidence seized.

Between 1 and 1:30 a.m. on September 26, 1976, defendant stopped his car on the road under a viaduct, ostensibly to check his tires. He turned off his lights, and had stopped under the viaduct...

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