PEOPLE v. SEARLE

No. 53514.

86 Ill.2d 385 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 65

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. HARLAN D. SEARLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Patricia Rosen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

William H. Herring, of Peoria, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The State Police stopped Harlan Searle, a motorcyclist, for a traffic violation, found that the engine of his motorcycle did not bear a legible manufacturer's identification number as required by law, and seized the motorcycle. Searle attempted, through the Secretary of State's office, to have the proper number affixed to the motorcycle, which had been rebuilt out of several used parts...

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