PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 1-87-3437.

188 Ill. App.3d 619 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 1111

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL NELSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed September 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Carol L. Gaines, and David L. Studenroth, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Tuite, Mejia & Giacchetti, of Chicago (Patrick A. Tuite and Cynthia Giacchetti, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Michael Nelson, was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized from his luggage after exposure to a narcotics detector dog, and the State has appealed. The sole issue on appeal is whether the police had a reasonable, articulable suspicion that the luggage contained...

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