The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. As defendant concedes, the officer conducted a proper level-one request for information because defendant and his companion were carrying heavy-looking garbage bags at 2:30 A.M. When defendant's companion evinced a consciousness of guilt by spontaneously assuming the "spread eagle" or "frisk" position even before the officer, who was exiting his unmarked car, had said anything (see People v Wigfall,
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