PEOPLE v. LIDSTER

No. 91522.

779 N.E.2d 855 (2002)

202 Ill.2d 1

269 Ill.Dec. 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Robert S. LIDSTER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, Karen Kaplan, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Martin P. Moltz, Sally A. Swiss, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Elaine Sofferman, Jay Wiegman, of Wiegman & Farmer, Somonauk, for appellee.

James G. Sotos, Dana M. Shannon, of Hervas, Sotos, Condon & Bersani, P.C., Itasca, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the circuit court of Du Page County convicted defendant of driving under the influence of alcohol (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(2) (West 1996)). The appellate court found that the roadblock where the police arrested defendant did not comply with the constitutional standards set forth in City of Indianapolis v. Edmond, 531 U.S. 32, 121 S.Ct. 447, 148 L.Ed.2d...

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