Illinois Supreme Court· 4/17/2003

People v. Gonzalez

Citations

789 N.E.2d 260
204 Ill. 2d 220
273 Ill. Dec. 360
2003 Ill. LEXIS 765

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holding first consideration under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), is whether officer’s action was justified at its inception
stating that a traffic stop is constitutional if it is based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe the traffic laws have been violated
holding officer’s request for passenger’s identification not unreasonable although unrelated to reason for stop, where it did not prolong detention and passenger was under no obligation to answer
noting that “as a general rule, a fourth amendment challenge to the reasonableness of a traffic stop is analyzed under Terry principles” and “Terry principles apply even in the presence of probable cause”
holding officer = s request for passenger = s identification not unreasonable although unrelated to reason for stop, where it did not prolong detention and passenger was under no obligation to answer
evaluating fourth amendment issue in traffic-stop case “in light of all the circumstances and common sense”

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Judges: Fitzgerald, Rarick, Thomas, Garman

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