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PEOPLE v. NWOSU

No. 1-94-3623.

683 N.E.2d 148 (1997)

289 Ill. App.3d 487

225 Ill.Dec. 204

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joel NWOSU, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 30, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (James S. Jacobs, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Faustmann and Renee P. O'Neil, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Joel Nwosu was convicted of controlled substance trafficking and sentenced to a 24-year prison term. He appealed, contending that the cocaine found in his apartment was inadmissible because the search was based on an anticipatory search warrant not then authorized by statute. He also argued the Statedid not prove that he knew cocaine was in the package delivered to him. We initially...

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