PEOPLE v. RUTH

No. 3-87-0698.

170 Ill. App.3d 623 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 1254

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDWARD T. RUTH, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed June 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Spencer, State's Attorney, of Morrison (Nancy Rink Carter, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Alexander L. Haglund, of Sterling, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Edward T. Ruth, was charged with operating a motor vehicle which was 5,100 pounds in excess of the maximum amount permitted by the Illinois Vehicle Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111.) The defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence alleging that the police officer was not justified in stopping the defendant to weigh his loaded truck, because the officer...

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