PEOPLE v. TIPTON

No. 76-279.

68 Ill. App.3d 193 (1979)

385 N.E.2d 867

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BILL TIPTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough and A. Michael Kopec, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Bruce D. Irish and John A. Clark, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from his conviction of the offense of unlawful delivery of a substance represented to be a controlled substance in violation of section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substance Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1401).

He contends (1) that the State did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on the issue of entrapment, and (2) that...

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