People v. Spencer

PRESIDING JUSTICE CHAPMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Robert H. Spencer, was convicted of one count of unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/ 401(a)(6.5)(B) (West 2000)). The trial court sentenced him to 12 years in prison and imposed a $3,000 drug assessment, a $200 street value fíne, a $100 trauma fine, and a $100 crime lab fee. On appeal, the defendant contends that (1) the State failed to lay a sufficient foundation for a forensic scientist’s testimony that the substance he tested contained methamphetamine, (2) the court improperly determined…