PEOPLE v. OLIVER

No. 108089.

925 N.E.2d 1107 (2010)

236 Ill.2d 448

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant v. Anthony OLIVER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Terence M. Patton, State's Attorney, Cambridge (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick and Karl R. Triebel, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Patrick Delfino, Terry A. Mertel and Sabrina S. Henry, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Fletcher P. Hamill, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

The issue in this appeal is whether a police officer's request to search the trunk of a driver's vehicle, following the consensual search of its interior after a valid traffic stop, violates defendant's constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures (U.S. Const., amend. IV; Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 6). The circuit court of Henry County denied defendant...

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