People v. Phelan

Defendants James Phelan and Brian Bowes together were charged with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 56/2, pars. 1401(a) (2), (b)). Phelan individually was charged with one count each of delivery and possession of cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 56M, pars. 1401(b), 1402(b)); Bowes individually was charged with the possession offense. In a separate action, defendant Ronald Rudich was charged with a single count of possession of cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 56½, par. 1402(b)). (Phelan, Bowes, and Rudich are hereafter collectively…