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PEOPLE v. FLOWERS

No. 82606.

688 N.E.2d 626 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 257

227 Ill.Dec. 933

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Melvin FLOWERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State Appellate Defender, Gary R. Peterson, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Melvin L. Flowers.

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor Springfield, State's Attorney Vermilion County, Danville, Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for the People.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melvin Flowers, was charged in the circuit court of Vermilion County with one count of possession of a controlled substance. 720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 1994). The circuit court granted defendant's motion to suppress evidence that was seized from him during a police "stop and frisk." The circuit court ruled that the frisk was illegal because the officer did not...

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