PEOPLE v. GORDON

No. 2-98-0093.

723 N.E.2d 1249 (2000)

311 Ill. App.3d 240

243 Ill.Dec. 648

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steve L. GORDON, a/k/a Derrick Williams, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Marianne Hannigan (Court-appointed), Belleville, Darren E. Miller (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Steve L. Gordon.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Barbara A. Preiner, Deitsch & Preiner, Wheaton, for the People.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Steve L. Gordon a/k/a Derrick Williams, was found guilty of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 1998)). Defendant timely appeals and asserts that the circuit court erred when it denied his motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence. Defendant contends that the trial court erred (1) by ruling that his arrest was valid if the police acted...

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