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PEOPLE v. LAWTON

Nos. 1-90-1678, 1-90-1679.

625 N.E.2d 348 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 144

192 Ill.Dec. 388

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William LAWTON & Vincent Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Nan Ellen Foley, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for defendants-appellants.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb and James Fitzgerald, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following simultaneous bench trials, the defendants William Lawton and Vincent Johnson were convicted of possession of more than 15 grams of cocaine with intent to deliver and sentenced to six-year prison terms. Both defendants contend on appeal that the State failed to prove they constructively possessed the drugs or, alternatively, that the State failed to prove they possessed more than 15 grams of cocaine...

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