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PEOPLE v. MENDOZA

No. 2-05-0132.

846 N.E.2d 169 (2006)

364 Ill. App.3d 564

301 Ill.Dec. 207

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hugo MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Barsanti, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Gregory L. Slovacek, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Kathleen Colton, Law Offices of Kathleen Colton, Ltd., Batavia, for Hugo Mendoza.

Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Two Aurora police officers pulled over defendant, Hugo Mendoza, to investigate two minor violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code. After the traffic stop was completed, one of the officers began asking Mendoza questions unrelated to the ostensible reason for the stop (that is, the minor violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code). The second officer, meanwhile, began shining his flashlight into Mendoza's car. The second...

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