PEOPLE v. CRISS

No. 4-96-0874.

689 N.E.2d 645 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 276

228 Ill.Dec. 586

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie Lee CRISS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

January 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Janieen R. Tarrance, Asst. Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Eddie Lee Criss.

John C. Piland, Champaign County State's Atty., Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield (Marlene A. Frey, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, of counsel), for the People.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 1996, defendant Eddie Lee Criss was charged with unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in Champaign County, Illinois. 720 ILCS 570/401 (West 1996). Defendant argued the police did not have probable cause to search and arrest him and filed a motion to suppress evidence. A hearing on that motion was held in August 1996.

At the suppression hearing, Officers Walton and Beuschlein...

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