People v. Ripa

Following a jury trial the defendant, Mark Ripa, was convicted on four counts of possession of various controlled substances and acquitted of one count of possession with intent to deliver. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 56½, pars. 704(e), 1204(d), and 705.) Defendant was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on the four counts, the sentences to run concurrently, and was also fined *5,000. He appeals contending that the search warrant was not based on probable cause and that he was deprived of the right to make that showing; that the search was unconstitutional because of the delay in the execution…