People v. Allen 

Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Search & Seizure
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 4-09-0682
Decision Date: 
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
McLean Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
KNECHT
Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of unlawful possesxsion of controlled substance with intent to deliver. Court properly denied motion to quash arrest and suppress. During sting operation, officer searched Defendant's mouth, by pinching his upper lip and discerning that there was contraband in the mouth; Defendant spat out several baggies of cocaine, after officer told him to spit it out. Detention was supported by a reasonable suspicion of Defendant's involvement in an ongoing crime. Search of mouth was a valid search incident to an arrest which was supported by probable cause developed within permissible scope of Terry stop.(APPELTON and POPE, concurring.)