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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. 90216.

759 N.E.2d 899 (2001)

198 Ill.2d 103

259 Ill.Dec. 838

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Bruce THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Robert S. Burke, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Gary Duncan, State's Attorney, Mt. Vernon (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), and Iain D. Pedden, law student, for the People.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Bruce Thomas, was charged in the circuit court of Jefferson County with one count of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver. 720 ILCS 570/401(c)(2) (West 1998). Defendant moved to suppress evidence of purported cocaine that police seized from him during a "pat-down" search. The circuit court granted the motion. The State appealed to the appellate court, which reversed

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