People v. Holman 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Evidence
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 2-08-0599
Decision Date: 
Thursday, June 10, 2010
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lake Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed in part and vacated in part; remanded.
Justice: 
McLAREN
Trial court properly denied Defendant's motion to suppress evidence of cocaine found in strip search of Defendant; given the amount of time that had passed and proximity of Defendant to the bushes where officers found cocaine, it was reasonable to infer that he possessed cocaine. Defendant abandoned the drugs (by placing them on a leaf near walking path) before he was seized. Court properly refused to allow defense counsel to use whiteboard to write interpretation of officer's testimony during his cross-examination. Defendant was properly sentenced to 3 years MSR for conviction of Class 1 felony, because he was sentenced as Class X offender based on his criminal history.