PEOPLE v. WELLS

No. 1-09-0792.

934 N.E.2d 1015 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Caleb WELLS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago ( James E. Fitzgerald , Veronica Calderon Malavia , Kathryn A. Schierl , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellant, People of the State of Illinois.


Presiding Justice TOOMIN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case calls on us to determine whether the circumstances of a Terry stop engendered sufficient reasonable suspicion of the danger of an attack to warrant a frisk for weapons. Following a hearing on defendant Caleb Wells' motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence, the trial court granted relief. The State now appeals, contending: (1) the trial court's factual findings were against the manifest...

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