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PEOPLE v. SHAPIRO

No. 81920.

687 N.E.2d 65 (1997)

177 Ill.2d 519

227 Ill.Dec. 142

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Craig L. SHAPIRO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Linda Sue McClain, Staff Atty., State's Atty. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Jim Ryan, Atty. Gen., Criminal Appeals Div., Chicago, State's Attorney Champaign County, Urbana, Lisa Anne Hoffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, for the People.

Thomas Bruno, Urbana, for Craig Shapiro.

State Appellate Defender, Arden Lang, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Rachel H. Smith.

Harvey C. Welch, Urbana, for other parties.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue is the constitutionality of the United States Postal Service's detention and investigation of a suspicious package, and of the search warrants and arrests which ensued. The Framers of the United States Constitution believed a uniform, safe and secure mail delivery system so important to our democracy that the United States Constitution requires Congress to establish a post office. U.S. Const., art. I, §...

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