Court Opinion

ID: 9519090
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 01:08:43.102556+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:43:44.603055
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE RARICK, dissenting: While I concur with the majority’s ultimate resolution regarding the pretextual traffic stop, I cannot agree with the conclusion questioning the probable cause to search Mary Thompson’s "handbag.” When the officer approached the vehicle to talk to the driver, the officer spotted in plain view two open cups of amber-colored liquid between the two front seats and an unsheathed machete lying on the floor of the passenger side. The female passenger appeared to be stuffing something into a duffle bag which was sitting on top of the machete. At this point the officer justifiably believed that there was support for the anonymous tip and that the female was engaged in furtive movement and suspicious conduct. Such known facts justified a search of both Mary Thompson and the duffle bag she refused to relinquish. See Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 77 L. Ed. 2d 1201, 103 S. Ct. 3469 (1983); People v. Day, 202 Ill. App. 3d 536, 560 N.E.2d 482 (1990). I therefore see no reason to remand this cause for further proceedings on the issue of the search of Mary Thompson and her "handbag.”