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People v. Smith

Citations

  • 665 N.E.2d 1215
  • 172 Ill. 2d 289
  • 216 Ill. Dec. 658
  • 1996 Ill. LEXIS 34

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that plain language of 625 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 5/11-709 “establishes two separate requirements for lane usage”
  • holding that the plain language of a statute virtually identical to § 21-309 11 “establishes two separate requirements for lane usage,” to drive in a single lane and move from the lane only after it has been determined that it can be done with safety
  • noting “a hearing on a petition to rescind the statutory summary suspension of driving privileges is a civil proceeding”
  • noting \a hearing on a petition to rescind the statutory summary suspension of driving privileges is a civil proceeding\
  • an officer’s seeing the defendant’s vehicle cross a lane marking gave him probable cause for an arrest for improper lane use
  • further noting that, given that officer had probable cause, court need not consider officer’s reasonable articulable suspicions surrounding the defendant’s conduct

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Judges: Heiple, Harrison, Nickels, Freeman

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