PEOPLE v. BANKS

No. 1-89-1204.

592 N.E.2d 412 (1992)

227 Ill. App.3d 950

169 Ill.Dec. 925

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodney BANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender County of Cook (Cheryl K. Lipton, Karen E. Tietz of counsel), Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

John M. O'Malley, State's Atty. County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, Guy L. Miller IV of counsel), Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

In the late evening of November 8, 1987, Chicago police officers sought entry into an apartment in a Cabrini-Green public housing building on Sedgwick Street with a search warrant based on reports that illegal narcotics were being sold from the unit. When entry was refused, the officers forced their way in.

Defendant Rodney Banks was one of five individuals present in the apartment. Subsequently, he was...

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