PEOPLE v. ESTRADA

No. 1-08-2909.

914 N.E.2d 679 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rolando ESTRADA, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anta Alarmed, State's Attorney (James E. Fingered, Marie Quinlivan Czech, Anthony L. Kenney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-People of the State of Illinois.

Pablo Decastro, Rascia & Decastro, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Salvador Ruano.


Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we confront the validity of a warrantless search of lawfully parked and locked vehicle where its recent occupant is seized outside the vehicle in the absence of any articulable basis. In the proceedings below, the court granted defendant's motion to quash his arrest and suppress the evidence derived therefrom. The State now appeals contending the court erred in finding the arresting officer did not...

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