PEOPLE v. McCAVITT

(Docket No. 125550).

185 N.E.3d 1192 (2021)

2021 IL 125550

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. John T. McCAVITT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick , Leah M. Bendik , and Eldad Z. Malamuth , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Joshua B. Kutnick and James K. Leven , both of Chicago, for appellee.

Rebecca K. Glenberg and Nusrat J. Choudhury , of Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., of Chicago, Brett Max Kaufman and Nathan Freed Wessler , of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, of New York, New York, and Jennifer Stisa Granick , of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, of San Francisco, California, amici curiae.


OPINION

¶ 1 The Illinois State Police obtained warrants to seize and search a personal computer owned by defendant, John T. McCavitt, an officer of the Peoria Police Department. The warrant at issue in this appeal authorized law enforcement to search the computer...

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