PEOPLE v. MARTINE

No. 59917.

106 Ill.2d 429 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 262

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. VERNA MARTINE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing May 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Michael E. Shabat and David C. Kluever, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark, Deputy Defender, and Scott Graham and Kenneth L. Jones, Assistant Appellate Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


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

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County the defendant, Verna Martine, was convicted of possession with intent to deliver and possession of various types of controlled substances and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. The controlled substances were seized in a search of her house pursuant...

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