Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Motions to Suppress
(Court opinion corrected Court properly denied Defendant's motion to suppress evidence of drugs found by police dog alerting outside of his vehicle upon traffic stop for speeding. Officer's certification by Illinois State Police as certified dog handler, and dog's certification to do narcotic and apprehension work, after officer and dog completed 10-week training, allows court to presume that dog was sufficiently reliable; and State presented additional evidence of dog's reliability for detecting narcotics. Evidence was sufficient as to dog's reliability; results of controlled tests not required. (LYTTON and CARTER, concurring).