PEOPLE v. KVETON

No. 2-04-0204.

840 N.E.2d 714 (2005)

362 Ill. App.3d 822

298 Ill.Dec. 601

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin M. KVETON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Linda A. Johnson (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Kevin M. Kveton.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Lisa A. Hoffman, Assistant State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Elgin, for the People.


Justice BYRNE delivered the opinion of the court:

Based on an informant's tip, the police stopped defendant, Kevin M. Kveton, outside his home and asked to search a backpack he was carrying. Defendant allowed the search, which disclosed a lockbox containing cannabis. The police then entered defendant's home, searched his bedroom, and discovered additional cannabis in a second backpack. The State charged defendant with possessing 30 to 500 grams of cannabis with the...

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