PEOPLE v. MULLINS

No. 108909.

949 N.E.2d 611 (2011)

242 Ill.2d 1

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Ira MULLINS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( James E. Fitzgerald , Alan J. Spellberg , Noah Montague and Annette Collins , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn and Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defenders, and Jessica Wynne Arizo , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

Justice FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

After a jury trial, defendant, Ira Mullins, was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (720 ILCS 570/401(d) (West 2004)), and sentenced to nine years in prison. The appellate court reversed and remanded for a new trial. We granted the State's petition for leave to appeal and now reverse the judgment of the appellate court.

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