PEOPLE v. SOKOLOW

No. 80-491.

97 Ill. App.3d 1109 (1981)

424 N.E.2d 36

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANLEY M. SOKOLOW et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Iris E. Sholder, and Christine A. Campbell, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Stroup, Goldstein, Jenkins & Pritzker, of Chicago (Michael L. Pritzker, R. Brent Daniel, and Mark F. Sullivan, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, Stanley Sokolow and William Lordan, were accused of violating the Illinois Cannabis Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 56 1/2, pars. 704(e) and 705(e)) after Federal agents stopped their car and recovered cannabis. The trial court granted a motion to suppress this evidence after finding that (1) the evidence was seized as the result of an arrest which was made without...

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