PEOPLE v. MEZO

No. 5-86-0530.

170 Ill. App.3d 679 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 134

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAMES DEAN MEZO, Defendant-Appellee (David Lawrence Mifflin, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied June 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Clemons, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Debra A. Buchman, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel M. Kirwan and Debra A. Seaton, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE CALVO delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the trial court's suppression of evidence obtained in a search of defendant James D. Mezo incident to arrest. The facts are as follows.

On December 7, 1985, at approximately 2:05 a.m., Carbondale police officer Robert Ledbetter observed a small, white 1982 Chevrolet pickup truck traveling at a high rate of speed. Ledbetter then followed at a uniform distance...

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