PEOPLE v. WALLS

No. 78-29.

71 Ill. App.3d 68 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 6

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DRED WALLS, JR., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied May 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mary Robinson and Josette Skelnik, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was charged with possession of more than 500 grams of cannabis. The trial court granted the defendant's suppression motion and the State appeals. At issue is the constitutionality of the police search of the trunk of the defendant's car.

The facts may be summarized as follows: On September 7, 1977, at approximately...

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