People v. Lewis

After a jury trial in the circuit court of Madison County the defendant, David B. Lewis, was found guilty of the unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver it in violation of section 5(e) of the Cannabis Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 561/2, par. 705(e)). Judgment was entered on the verdict, and the defendant was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. The appellate court reversed (75 Ill. App. 3d 1009), and we granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal. 73 Ill. 2d R. 315.

The proceedings against the defendant commenced with the filing of an information charging that…