Supreme Court of Illinois

Police officer did not have specific and articulable facts justifying a call for assistance, subsequent dog-sniff test of defendant's vehicle and defendant's, and detention which, in light of the scope and purpose of the traffic stop, was overly long.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/05/2002
• Published 01/29/2003

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Kevin Kakac, State's Attorney, Fairfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers and Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, Stephen E. Norris and Patrick D. Daly, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, of counsel, and Anthony Heary, law student), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, and Dan W. Evers, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for appellee.