PEOPLE v. AMAYA

No. 3-93-0118.

627 N.E.2d 753 (1994)

255 Ill. App.3d 967

194 Ill.Dec. 416

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfonso AMAYA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Taseff, Bloomington, for Alfonso Amaya.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Joseph Navarro, State's Atty., Lawrence Michael Kaschak (argued), State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.


Presiding Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of defendant's conviction for controlled substance trafficking. We reverse and remand.

On January 29, 1992, defendant, Alfonso Amaya, and Charlie Gutierrez were travelling eastbound in an eighteen-wheel semitractor trailer on Interstate 80 in LaSalle County when they were pulled over for speeding by Illinois State Police Sergeant Dan Gillette. Gillette approached the driver...

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