Supreme Court of Illinois

In the matter of an indictment for growing marijuana, motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the barn because he was in control of the farm, which belonged to his mother, and it did not matter that the barn was beyond the "curtilage" of the dwellings on the property.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/17/2004
• Published 06/17/2004

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Judith L. Libby, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Vince Moreth, State's Attorney, Carlinville (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, David H. Iskowich, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.