PEOPLE v. DORRIS

Nos. 4-93-0232, 4-93-0233.

638 N.E.2d 279 (1994)

265 Ill. App.3d 156

202 Ill.Dec. 633

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Calvin L. DORRIS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Keith L. COOPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Lawrence Bapst, Asst. Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Atty., Urbana, Norbert J. Goetten, Director State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, James L. Overholt, Staff Atty., Springfield, for appellee.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In January 1993, a jury found defendants, Calvin L. Dorris, Jr., and Keith L. Cooper, guilty of possession with intent to deliver more than one gram of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of public housing property (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 56½, par. 1407(b)(1)). The trial court later sentenced Dorris to six years in prison and Cooper to 10 years in prison. Defendants appeal, arguing that the statute enhancing...

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