Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Search and Seizure
Probation officer was making home visit at the home of a DUI probationer, who resided with Defendant, after receiving report that the two were injecting methamphetamine. Defendant was making erratic and uncontrollable movements, and suddenly lunged for object on table in common area, which officer then took and opened, and which contained methamphetamine. Court properly denied Defendant's motion to suppress this evidence. An objectively reasonable probation officer could have reasonably suspected the contained belonged to the probationer, and nothing about the appearance of the container identified it as belonging to someone other than the probationer. Thus, Defendant's fourth amendment rights were not violated. (TURNER and APPLETON, concurring.)