PEOPLE v. EDWARD

No. 1-08-2607.

930 N.E.2d 1077 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vondrae EDWARD (a/k/a Edward Vondrae), Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Alan Spellberg, Matthew Connors, Brian W. Reidy, of counsel), for People of the State of Illinois.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Caroline E. Bourland, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Vondrae Edward.


Presiding Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we determine, inter alia, whether a defendant who has been lawfully seized, has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of a city-owned garbage can in his possession. Following a bench trial, defendant, Vondrae Edward, was convicted of burglary and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. He appeals contending: (1) the trial court erred by failing to quash his arrest and suppress...

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