People v. Johnson 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Arrests
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 1-09-0518
Decision Date: 
Thursday, December 23, 2010
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 5th Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Justice: 
J. GORDON
Defendant was arrested for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Police officers' actions in handcuffing Defendant during an investigatory stop constituted an arrest, but officers had probable cause to execute the arrest as the stop took place in a high-crime area and Defendant fled from officers when they approached the vehicle in which he was a passenger. Thus, officers had requisite reasonable suspicion to detain Defendant for a Terry investigative stop. Thus Defendant's motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence should have been denied. (HOWSE and EPSTEIN, concurring.)