BLOOMINGTON - Normal police violated a woman's constitutional rights during an arrest last year that netted officers over 47 grams of cocaine from a lockbox, a defense lawyer argued Thursday.

LaConda Page, 27, of Normal, was arrested Sept. 22 after a traffic stop initiated because of her failure to turn on the head and tail lights of her car as she left an apartment complex on the 700 block of North Adelaide Street in Normal.

She faces Class X felony drug delivery charges that could result in a prison term of six to 30 years.

Defense lawyer Terry Dodds argued that police searched Page's car without her permission or a search warrant. A police drug dog brought to the scene indicated drugs were in the car.

Normal Police Officer Joseph Gossmeyer testified that police were suspicious of the car as it pulled from the apartment complex without lights because police were called to the area earlier in the evening for a report of a man with a gun. Police had no reason to believe initially that drugs were in the vehicle, he said, until the occupants were questioned.

Police requested a drug dog, said Gossmeyer, because one of the passengers gave a false name and another was the subject of a prior arrest for possession of marijuana.

The officer testified that he intended to issue the woman written warnings for the light violations and illegal tinted windows. The officer said a mandatory racial profiling form was part of the paperwork he was completing when the canine unit arrived on the scene at 2:40 a.m.

In his motion to suppress, evidence, Dodds said the officer illegally detained Page and three passengers of her car after the warnings were complete. Gossmeyer told the court that the warning for tinted windows has been misplaced since the incident and was never issued.

A search of the trunk of the 2000 Cadillac turned up a lockbox. The box containing more than 47 grams of crack cocaine was opened with keys found on Page's key ring by police. A small amount of a substance believed to be marijuana also was found on the floor of the car, said Gossmeyer.

Police also opened Page's purse and found about $1,000 in cash, most of it in $20 bills, said Gossmeyer. Under questioning by Assistant State's Attorney Matt Lee, Gossmeyer said the cash is consistent with drug transactions.

Judge Kevin Fitzgerald has set a Jan. 16 date to hear arguments from attorneys in the case. He also said he will review a videotape of the arrest.