People v. Plante

              No. 3-05-0075
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Filed January 26, 2007.
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
THIRD DISTRICT
A.D., 2007
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the
ILLINOIS, ) Tenth Judicial Circuit,
) Tazewell County, Illinois,
Plaintiff-Appellee, )
)
v. ) No. 02-CF-0342
)
GLEN R. PLANTE, ) Honorable
) Peter J. Ault,
Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.
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JUSTICE McDADE delivered the opinion of the court:
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A grand jury indicted defendant, Glen R. Plante, for unlawful manufacture of 900 grams
or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, possession with the intent to deliver 900
grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, and possession of 900 grams or more
of a substance containing methamphetamine. Prior to trial, defendant filed a motion to quash
arrest and suppress evidence seized from his home on May 6, 2002. The circuit court of Tazewell
County denied defendant’s motion. Following a jury trial, the court convicted defendant and
sentenced him to concurrent 25-year terms of imprisonment for unlawful manufacture and
possession with intent to deliver. Defendant appeals, arguing the court erred in denying his
motion to quash and to suppress because a police officer entered his home, arrested him, and
seized evidence without a warrant, without consent, and absent exigent circumstances justifying a