Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Probable Cause
(Court opinion corrected 6/1/11.) Defendant was charged with three counts of attempted aggravated robbery. Arresting officer had reasonable suspicion to detain Defendant, which ripened into probable cause. Officer had sufficient information, from police radio transmission about burglary which had just occurred, to make Terry stop; Defendant's vehicle color, Defendant's appearance, temporary license plates, and direction of vehicle and proximity to scene all matched. Detention of Defendant for less than 15 minutes was not too long to be justified as investigatory stop, and scope of investigation of sufficiently limited. (CAHILL and McBRIDE, concurring.)