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PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 5-95-0425.

670 N.E.2d 1129 (1996)

283 Ill. App.3d 796

219 Ill.Dec. 241

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Larry THOMPSON and Mary Thompson, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wepsiec, State's Attorney, Jackson County Courthouse, Murphysboro, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Timothy J. Londrigan, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for Appellant.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Lawrence J. O'Neill, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial District, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a case where a faulty brake light provided a pretext to stop defendants' van. The defective light cloaked the stop's real purpose. The police wanted to confirm uncorroborated information from an anonymous telephone call.

Patrol officers searched for defendants' van after a radio dispatch from headquarters. The dispatch conveyed information received from an unidentified caller. The officers were told...

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