PEOPLE v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 2-08-1012.

943 N.E.2d 1111 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl E. BLANKENSHIP, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Peterson , Deputy Defender, Michael Delcomyn (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Carl E. Blankenship.

Joseph P. Bruscato , Winnebago County State's Attorney, Rockford, Lawrence M. Bauer , Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Stephanie Hoit Lee , Algonquin, for People.


Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Carl E. Blankenship, appeals his conviction of possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402 (West 2008)). He argues that (1) the trial court's instructions and questions to prospective jurors did not comply with Supreme Court Rule 431(b) (Official Reports Advance Sheet No. 8 (April 11, 2007), R. 431(b), eff. May 1, 2007); (2) the State failed to prove a chain of custody for the substance he...

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