People v. Nieves

Defendant Americo Nieves was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Will County for unlawful delivery of less than 15 grams of a substance containing heroin, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

He has appealed from that conviction and from two other convictions involving heroin deliveries, and we allowed defendant’s motion to consolidate the three cases in this court for oral argument. See People v. Thillet (1981), 99 Ill. App. 3d 439, and People v. Nieves (1981), 99 Ill. App. 3d 447.

At defendant’s jury trial, Officer Joseph Andalina, an undercover narcotics agent,…