PEOPLE v. SNYDER

No. 51508.

77 Ill.2d 459 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 799

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. BOBBY SNYDER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Norbert Goetten, State's Attorney, of Carrollton (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne Noel, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Robert C. Perry, Robert J. Biderman, Marc D. Towler and Gary J. Anderson, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, and Jeff Justice, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In the circuit court of Greene County, defendant, Bobby Snyder, pleaded guilty to possession of less than 30 grams of a controlled substance (cocaine) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1402(b)). He was sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than 2 nor more than 6 years, to be served consecutively with a...

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