Scott Neville, a Democrat, wrote in the majority opinion. The 4-2 ruling by the court, with Republican Justice Lisa Holder White abstaining, found that an Illinois State Police trooper conducted a ...

Justice advocacy groups, including the state's chapter of the ACLU, the Chicago Appleseed Center and the Chicago Council of Lawyers, echoed Neville's sentiments in a joint amicus brief. Illinois' high ...

(AP) — An odor of burnt marijuana doesn't justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois ... of a criminal offense,” Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. said in the 6-0 opinion.