PEOPLE v. GAYTAN

No. 116223.

32 N.E.3d 641 (2015)

392 Ill. Dec. 333

2015 IL 116223

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jose GAYTAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Jason Chambers , State's Attorney, of Bloomington ( Michael A. Scodro and Carolyn E. Shapiro , Solicitors General, and Michael M. Glick and Jean Godfrey , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Patrick Delfino , Robert J. Biderman , and Thomas R. Dodegge , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Karen Munoz , Deputy Defender, and Lawrence Bapst and Colleen Morgan , Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 The defendant, Jose Gaytan, was a passenger in a car that had a rear-mounted, ball-type trailer hitch. Police officers stopped the car, believing that the trailer hitch obstructed the vehicle's license plate in violation of section 3-413(b) of the Illinois...

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