People v. Sanderson

After a jury found the defendant, David Sanderson, guilty of unlawful delivery of a substance represented to be a controlled substance in violation of section 404 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 56%, par. 1404), the circuit court of Tazewell County sentenced the defendant to a period of probation and a fine of *750.

Only two witnesses were called to testify at trial, a narcotics officer to whom the drugs were sold and the defendant. John Stephens, the narcotics officer, testified that on August 28,1974, the defendant sold him approximately 1,000 tablets of a…