People v. Abston

Defendant was found guilty after a bench trial of delivery of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment to run consecutive to four- and six-year sentences he received for other related delivery charges. On appeal, defendant alleges that (1) he was denied his right to a fair trial where the trial judge acted as a fact finder in a separate simultaneous bench trial of a codefendant; (2) he was denied his right to confrontation when the trial court failed to order the State to produce a confidential informant; (3) the imposition of consecutive sentences was improper; and…