PEOPLE v. BLAKNEY

No. 1-04-3669.

853 N.E.2d 885 (2006)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontell BLAKNEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

August 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Barbara C. Kamm, Supervisor, and Gilbert Lenz, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James Fitzgerald and Yvette Loizon, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice ERICKSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Dontell Blakney was convicted of multiple counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver within 1000 feet of a public housing agency and possession of cannabis with intent to deliver and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending that (1) his conviction should be reduced to simple possession because the evidence at trial was insufficient...

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