Defendant was convicted, after stipulated bench trial, of felony driving while license suspended or revoked and sentenced to one year conditional discharge and 60 days in jail. Court properly denied Defendant's pretrial motion to quash his arrest and suppress evidence. Deputy had reasonable suspicion to make investigatory stop of Defendant's vehicle for possible criminal trespass to real property. Deputy was responding to a live complaint of a very recent criminal trespass to real property, alleging that someone was trespassing and running dogs on his property, and that complainant took deputy to exact location of trespass, where there was one vehicle, with dogs inside of dog box in the back of vehicle. Officer may make a lawful Terry stop without first determining whether circumstances he observed would satisfy each element of a certain offense.(O'BRIEN and WRIGHT, concurring.)
Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Motions to Suppress