Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/28/2003

People v. Smith

Citations

786 N.E.2d 1121
337 Ill. App. 3d 819
272 Ill. Dec. 287
2003 Ill. App. LEXIS 399

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upholding a tampering conviction where the defendant had swallowed and destroyed a quantity of a white substance suspected to be crack cocaine while police were conducting an investigatory stop of the vehicle in which she was riding
upholding a tampering conviction where the defendant had swallowed and destroyed a quantity of a white substance suspected to be crack cocaine while police were conducting an investigatory stop of the vehicle in which she was riding
“[w]e reject any implication *** that it is impossible for a person who has been apprehended on one charge to destroy evidence in an attempt to prevent his apprehension on another charge”
\[w]e reject any implication *** that it is impossible for a person who has been apprehended on one charge to destroy evidence in an attempt to prevent his apprehension on another charge\

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Judges: Cook, Turner, Myerscough

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