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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 4-86-0326.

156 Ill. App.3d 596 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 1345

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES E. SMITH, a/k/a Isaac Foster, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Jeffrey D. Foust, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Ronald C. Dozier, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and James W. Ackerman, all of State's Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James E. Smith, a/k/a Isaac Foster, was convicted by a jury of forgery and theft over $300. Prior to trial, the circuit court of McLean County denied Smith's motion to quash the arrest and suppress the evidence. Smith appeals the conviction on the grounds that the police did not have probable cause to arrest when the vehicle was initially stopped by police and, therefore, the...

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