PEOPLE v. LEAR

No. 5-90-0112.

577 N.E.2d 826 (1991)

217 Ill. App.3d 712

160 Ill.Dec. 501

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James LEAR, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Phillips, State's Atty., Effingham, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Debra A. Buchman, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Meyer, Meyer, Keller and Runde, Effingham, for defendant-appellee.


Justice HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was stopped for speeding on Interstate 57 in Effingham County and was arrested for driving on a suspended license. Defendant's car was towed off the highway and impounded in a local garage where Sergeant Kim Rhodes, the officer who stopped defendant, and another officer conducted an inventory search on defendant's car. While searching the trunk, the officers noticed a bundle of money in an area where the...

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