PEOPLE v. FENTON

No. 65230.

125 Ill.2d 343 (1988)

532 N.E.2d 228

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. ALLEN FENTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Samuel Naylor VI, State's Attorney, of Carthage (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, Terence Madsen and Nathan P. Maddox, Assistant Attorneys General, Kenneth R. Boyle, John X. Breslin and Howard R. Wertz, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa, and Douglas K. Smith, of Missouri, of counsel), for the People.

No appearance for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Allen Fenton, was charged with the offense of speeding in violation of section 11-608 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-608). Prior to trial in the circuit court of Hancock County, defendant filed a motion to suppress, which was granted. The People appealed, and the appellate court affirmed...

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