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PEOPLE v. SEYMOUR

No. 78-2033.

80 Ill. App.3d 221 (1979)

398 N.E.2d 1191

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WILLIAM SEYMOUR, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Paul C. Gridelli, and Christopher Cronson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Sam Adam, Marvin Bloom, and Arnette Hubbard, all of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

A strip search is humiliating, degrading and embarrassing. Nevertheless, at times efficient police procedures require that arrestees undergo that kind of search to protect the safety of police officers, to maintain order in jails and to disclose the fruits of a crime. These legitimate public needs do not justify a strip search under the circumstances with which we deal in this...

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