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PEOPLE v. CORTEZ

No. 78-307.

77 Ill. App.3d 448 (1979)

395 N.E.2d 1177

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VENANCIO CORTEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed October 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Green and John M. Cutrone, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Iris E. Sholder, and Gerald E. Nora, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Venancio Cortez, was found guilty of the delivery of more than 30 grams of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1401(a)) and was sentenced to 7 to 21 years in the penitentiary. Defendant contends on appeal that (1) the trial court erred when it failed to instruct the jury of...

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