People v. Prather

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty in a jury trial of distribution of lookalike substances (111. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 56V2, par. 1401(b)) and was sentenced to 30-months’ probation and fined $5,000 plus costs. Defendant appeals his conviction.

At trial, John Carey, an investigator for the Illinois Attorney General’s office, testified that on October 27, 1982, he went with a partner to defendant’s company, Midwestern Wholesale Supply Company (MWS) located at 311 North Des Plaines Avenue, Chicago. Carey met with defendant and Brian Bolggess at…