PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 4-02-0129.

787 N.E.2d 858 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 849

272 Ill.Dec. 672

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Montaous E. THOMPSON and Martin G. Hernandez, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

March 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Young, State's Attorney, Danville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, James C. Majors, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Erica R. Clinton, Assistant Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Montaous E. Thompson.

David J. Ryan, Dukes, Ryan, Meyer, Fahey & Freed, Ltd., Danville, for Martin G. Hernandez.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

The State filed an appeal from the February 4, 2002, order of the Vermilion County circuit court granting defendants' motion to quash arrest and suppress the evidence. The State filed a notice of appeal and certificate of impairment on the same day.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 27, 2001, at approximately 7:40 p.m., Officers Terry McCord and Ronald Soderstrom were patrolling the Green Meadow Housing Project...

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