PEOPLE v. MOSS

No. 99616.

842 N.E.2d 699 (2005)

217 Ill.2d 511

299 Ill.Dec. 662

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Winifred MOSS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Rod Wolf, State's Attorney, Harrisburg (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin and Russell K. Benton, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Stephen E. Norris and Sharon Shanahan, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Elaine M. Belcher, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for appellee, and Winifred Moss, pro se.


Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was arrested and charged in the circuit court of Saline County with one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. 720 ILCS 570/402(a)(2)(A) (West 2002). The evidence supporting this charge was recovered during a lawful traffic stop. Defendant was a passenger in the vehicle stopped by police and was also its registered owner. He gave consent to a search of the vehicle. While the vehicle search...

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