Opinion ID: 3134248
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Heading: Constitutionality Under Article I, Section 6, of the

Text: Illinois Constitution In the proceedings below, Fink also argued that the amended statute violated article I, section 6, of the Illinois Constitution. The trial judge did not resolve this issue and instead based his decision solely on the fourth amendment. Fink renews his state constitutional argument here in support of the circuit court's judgment in his favor. Article I, section 6, of the Illinois Constitution provides: The people shall have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and other possessions against unreasonable searches, seizures, invasions of privacy or interceptions of communications by eavesdropping devices or other means. Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, §6. This court has construed the search and seizure language found in section 6 in a manner that is consistent with the Supreme Court's fourth amendment jurisprudence. People v. Mitchell, 165