PEOPLE v. DARNELL

No. 1-87-2681, 1-87-2682.

573 N.E.2d 1252 (1990)

214 Ill. App.3d 345

158 Ill.Dec. 67

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cecil DARNELL, Frances Velez and Joseph Swiatkowski, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender of Cook County (Joseph M. Gump, Vicki Rogers, Asst. Public Defenders, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Cecil Darnell.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Leslie Wallin, Asst. Appellate Defender, of counsel), for defendants-appellants Frances Velez and Joseph Swiatkowski.

Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, Gunta A. Hadac, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a consolidated appeal. Following a joint bench trial, defendants, Cecil Darnell, Frances Velez and Joseph Swiatkowski, were each convicted of delivery of a controlled substance (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 56½, par. 1401(a)(2)) and sentenced to six years imprisonment. On appeal, Darnell contends that he was entrapped by a police informant into committing the offense. Velez and Swiatkowski contend that: ...

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