PEOPLE v. JOHNSTON

No. 80-499.

96 Ill. App.3d 364 (1981)

421 N.E.2d 412

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIP JOHNSTON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Patrick Power, State's Attorney, of Kankakee (John X. Breslin, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Jay R. Grodner, of Aurora, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 17, 1980, undercover agents of the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad and their informants bought 1 1/2 ounces of cocaine at the Missing Persons Tavern in Manteno, Illinois. Pursuant to search warrants executed on the tavern and a 1979 Buick sedan, the defendant, Phillip Johnston, and one Mehorczyck, were arrested. (The latter person is not a party to this appeal.) The Kankakee...

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