PEOPLE v. BARTLEY

No. 60593.

109 Ill.2d 273 (1985)

486 N.E.2d 880

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JIMMY L. BARTLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John R. Clerkin, State's Attorney, of Macomb (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Marcia L. Friedl, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Stephen Omolecki, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Robert S. Bailey, and Jane M. Whicher, of Chicago, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

John Powers Crowley and Matthew F. Kennelly, of Cotsirilos & Crowley, Ltd., and Thomas P. Sullivan, of Jenner & Block, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

In the early morning of December 19, 1982, the defendant Jimmy L. Bartley, was detained at a roadblock in Macomb and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501). The circuit court of McDonough County allowed the defendant's motion to suppress his arrest and all evidence obtained as...

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