PEOPLE v. CORTES

No. 81-3099.

123 Ill. App.3d 816 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 885

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIGUEL CORTES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed May 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard L. Cavise, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Kevin Sweeney, and Jonathan Mark Minkus, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Miguel Cortes was indicted, along with Elmer Meeks, Daniel Figueroa, and Elisa Cortes, for conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance (heroin), and with illegal delivery of that substance. All four defendants were tried together; defendant and Meeks did not appear at trial and were tried in absentia. Following a jury trial,

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