PEOPLE v. ORTIZ

No. 1-87-3187.

197 Ill. App.3d 250 (1990)

554 N.E.2d 416

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSE ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed March 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Dennis E. Urban, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Gael M. O'Brien, Special Assistant State's Attorney, and Inge Fryklund and Paul Gliatta, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a stipulated bench trial, defendant, Jose Ortiz, was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1402) and sentenced to three years in prison. On appeal, he contends (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash his arrest and suppress a plastic bag containing white powder seized during his arrest and (2) the State failed to...

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