People v. Espino-Juarez

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Witnesses
Citation
Case Number: 
2018 IL App (2d) 150966
Decision Date: 
Monday, February 5, 2018
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Du Page Co.
Holding: 
Reversed.
Justice: 
SPENCE

Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of obstructing identification for giving a false name to an officer who had good cause ot believe that Defendant was a witness to a crime. Officer must have, at the time that he requests identification, probable cause to believe that Defendant is a witness to a crime; but here, officer did not have that belief at that time, and did not issue traffic citation to anyone. (JORGENSEN and SCHOSTOK, concurring.)