PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 80-358.

105 Ill. App.3d 1143 (1982)

435 N.E.2d 823

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENJAMIN F. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and John J. Barrett, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Don W. Weber, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Martin N. Ashley, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, and David J. Mullett, research assistant, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Benjamin F. Jones, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Madison County finding him guilty of the offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance in violation of section 402(b) of the Illinois Controlled Substance Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1402(b).) He was sentenced to a term of four years'...

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