PEOPLE v. 1946 BUICK, VIN 34423520

No. 66468.

127 Ill.2d 374 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 748

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. 1946 BUICK, VIN 34423520, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Kenneth T. McCurry, John R. Roe and Inge Fryklund, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Joseph R. Lopez, P.C., of Chicago, for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court reversed; cause remanded.

CHIEF JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 2, 1986, the Cook County State's Attorney filed a complaint requesting forfeiture of a 1946 Buick automobile bearing vehicle identification number 34423520. The complaint was filed pursuant to section 505(a)(3) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Act). (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1505(a)(3).) Section 505(a...

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