PEOPLE v. CHILDS

No. 4-91-0402.

589 N.E.2d 819 (1992)

226 Ill. App.3d 915

168 Ill.Dec. 419

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frederick CHILDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

February 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Lawrence J. Essig, Asst. Defender, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Charles G. Reynard, State's Atty., McLean County Law and Justice Center, Bloomington, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Jeffrey K. Davison, Staff Atty., Springfield, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) weighing more than 1 gram but less than 15 grams (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 56½, par. 1402(b)) and possession of less than 2.5 grams of cannabis (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, par. 704(a)). The trial court sentenced defendant to 3 years in prison on the controlled substance conviction and 60 days in jail on the cannabis...

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