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PEOPLE v. GHERNA

No. 92554.

784 N.E.2d 799 (2003)

203 Ill.2d 165

271 Ill.Dec. 245

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Lynette S. GHERNA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Martin J. Ryan, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Larry S. Mills, State's Attorney, Danville (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers, and Kendall R. Mills, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 26, 1999, officers approached a vehicle driven by defendant, Lynette Gherna, observed certain items in the vehicle, asked defendant to exit the vehicle in order to conduct a search, and later arrested and charged defendant with one count of possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(c) (West 2000)). Prior to trial, defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence. After conducting a hearing...

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