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PEOPLE v. BLITZ

No. 48590.

68 Ill.2d 287 (1977)

369 N.E.2d 1238

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICHARD EUGENE BLITZ, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Herbert J. Lantz, State's Attorney, of Chester (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate Assistance Service, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Rosborough, Deputy Defender, and John H. Reid, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On the evening of February 23, 1975, the defendant, Richard Eugene Blitz, was stopped by sheriff's officers of Randolph County while driving his car in Steeleville. A search of the trunk revealed cannabis, and the defendant was charged with its possession (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56 1/2, par. 704(d)). He moved to suppress the cannabis...

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