PEOPLE v. SINEGAL

No. 5-09-0563.

948 N.E.2d 1135 (2011)

409 Ill. App. 3d 1130

350 Ill. Dec. 628

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cedric J. SINEGAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Johannah B. Weber , Deputy Defender, E. Joyce Randolph , Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Appellant.

Tyler R. Edmonds , State's Attorney, Union County Courthouse, Jonesboro, IL, Patrick Delfino , Director, Stephen E. Norris , Deputy Director, Timothy James Ting , Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Fifth District Office, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Appellee.


OPINION

Presiding Justice CHAPMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

The defendant, Cedric J. Sinegal, appeals his conviction for unlawful possession of cannabis. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence because officers who pierced the side of a plastic-wrapped package containing the cannabis lacked probable cause to search the package. We affirm.

The defendant's conviction...

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