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Illinois v. Lafayette
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A Kankakee, Illinois Police officer arrested the Defendant for disturbing the peace following a dispute at a theatre. The Defendant was taken to the Police station for booking. During the standard booking inventory, an officer searched the Defendant's shoulder bag and found amphetamine pills. The station-house inventory was conducted pursuant to standard departmental procedures applied to all persons taken into custody. It was not targeted at the Defendant specifically and was not a pretext for investigating crime — it was a routine administrative process. The amphetamine pills found in the Defendant's shoulder bag during the inventory were a controlled substance under Illinois law. Their discovery during the lawful booking inventory provided the basis for the drug possession charge.
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