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      "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILL OTIS TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant."
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        "text": "PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nAfter a stipulated bench trial in the circuit court of Champaign County, defendant Will Otis Taylor was convicted of possessing 10 to 30 grams of cocaine with intent to deliver in violation of section 401(b)(2) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 56\u00bd, par. 1401(b)(2)), on February 6, 1987. The court sentenced him to eight years\u2019 \u25a0 imprisonment. He appeals, contending that the court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress evidence, which was based upon the theory that evidence of defendant\u2019s possession of the controlled substance was obtained by virtue of the police officer\u2019s arresting him without probable cause. We affirm.\nProbable cause exists if the facts and circumstances within the arresting officer\u2019s knowledge are sufficient to warrant a man of reasonable caution in believing that an offense has been committed and that the person arrested did it. The probabilities involved in such determinations are not technical. They are factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act. People v. Moody (1983), 94 Ill. 2d 1, 7-8, 445 N.E.2d 275, 278.\nSection 107\u20142(l)(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 107\u20142(l)(c)) allows arrest without a warrant when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is committing or has committed an offense. The term \u201creasonable grounds\u201d has- been interpreted as having the same meaning as probable cause. (People v. Tisler (1984), 103 Ill. 2d 226, 236-37, 469 N.E.2d 147, 153.) In determining whether a warrantless arrest meets the probable cause standard, the court should look at the totality of the circumstances. (People v. Moody (1983), 94 Ill. 2d 1, 445 N.E.2d 275.) In reviewing a trial court\u2019s denial of a defendant\u2019s motion to quash an arrest for lack of probable cause, courts will not disturb a trial court\u2019s finding of probable cause to arrest unless that finding was manifestly erroneous. People v. Cabrera (1987), 116 Ill. 2d 474, 508 N.E.2d 708.\nThe evidence at the hearing on the motion to suppress showed the following: from phone calls, letters, and interviews with confidential sources, the Champaign police department received reports that drug trafficking occurred regularly at the Bradley-McKinley apartment complex in Champaign. Several reports focused on activities in apartment No. 50 and the north parking lot. Intelligence revealed drugs were being sold by several people, including defendant and his brother, from several different automobiles in the northeast corner of the parking lot.. These reports of drug sales from cars were corroborated by police surveillance of the parking lot and apartment No. 50 on October 16 and 17, 1986. Although information received by police linked defendant with a yellow Lincoln, other reports indicated defendant and his brother drove a number of different cars. Investigator Michael Cook, who supervised surveillance on the day of the arrest, testified at the suppression hearing that intelligence showed defendant drove a green Chevrolet, and that the Taylors also had access to an associate\u2019s car, a green Chevrolet with a black roof.\nInvestigator Cook testified that during surveillance conducted on the morning of November 6, 1986, a green Chevrolet with a black top parked in the northeast corner of the north parking lot. A computer check of the license plate showed the car registered to a person named Taylor in Chicago. From 9:09 a.m. to 12:31 p.m. on November 6, Investigator Cook observed five different exchanges between defendant, who was the driver of the Chevrolet, and various persons who approached the car. The officer testified the very brief exchanges were consistent with his knowledge of drug trafficking activity.\nAlthough an isolated act may appear innocent, a series of similar transactions, by virtue of the repetition, may be sufficient to support an arrest. (People v. Wexler (1969), 116 Ill. App. 2d 400, 407, 254 N.E.2d 95, 99.) Investigator Cook had over 17 years\u2019 experience as a police officer. The parties stipulated to his long experience in enforcing narcotics laws. In determining whether probable cause existed, the officer\u2019s factual knowledge, based on his prior law enforcement experience, is relevant. People v. Tisler (1984), 103 Ill. 2d 226, 469 N.E.2d 147.\nTaken together, the officer\u2019s observations and previous stirveillance based on intelligence of drug activity involving defendant\u2019s vehicle and the area in which it was parked provided sufficient grounds to establish probable cause for arrest. Thus, the' evidence showed much more than defendant\u2019s mere propinquity to other individuals suspected of criminal activity, which was deemed to be insufficient to give rise to probable cause in Ybarra v. Illinois (1979), 444 U.S. 85, 62 L. Ed. 2d 238, 100 S. Ct. 338. The order of the circuit court denying the motion to suppress was not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. People v. Cabrera (1987), 116 Ill. 2d 474, 508 N.E.2d 708.\nWe affirm.\nAffirmed.\nLUND and SPITZ, JJ., concur.",
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      "Daniel D. Yuhas and Timothy M. Gabrielsen, both of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Springfield, for appellant.",
      "Thomas J. Difanis, State\u2019s Attorney, of Urbana (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and David E. Mannchen, all of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor\u2019s Office, of counsel), for the People."
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    "head_matter": "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILL OTIS TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.\nFourth District\nNo. 4\u201487\u20140175\nOpinion filed December 30, 1987.\nDaniel D. Yuhas and Timothy M. Gabrielsen, both of State Appellate Defender\u2019s Office, of Springfield, for appellant.\nThomas J. Difanis, State\u2019s Attorney, of Urbana (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and David E. Mannchen, all of State\u2019s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor\u2019s Office, of counsel), for the People."
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