PEOPLE v. STEELE

No. 1-12-1452.

19 N.E.3d 1084 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 121452

385 Ill. Dec. 888

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rodney STEELE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Kathleen Weck , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Christine Cook , and Mary Beth Kinnerk , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 In June 2011, Chicago police conducted a late-night traffic safety check — pulling cars over for seat belt violations and other obvious infractions — in Chicago's River West neighborhood, a popular late-night area. Defendant, Rodney Steele, was stopped by police officers for failing to wear a seat belt. When asked to pull to the side so a citation could be issued...

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