Supreme Court of Illinois

In a conviction for unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, an appellate court's finding of ineffective assistance of counsel and remand for new trial is reversed where: 1) the appellate court erred in its reliance on Cox, which held police must have an articulable suspicion before conducting a canine sniff at a traffic stop; and 2) the record is insufficient to review the alternative arguments of the parties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2008
• Published 03/20/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, James W. Glasgow, State's Attorney, Joliet (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, David H. Iskowich, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Norbert J. Goetten, Lawrence M. Bauer, Gary F. Gnidovec, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Bryon Kohut, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.