People v. Crose

After a joint bench trial, defendants Jody Crose and Abel Garza were convicted of delivery of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 561k, par. 1401(a)(2)), and each sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. (Crose’s and Garza’s cases were severed from that of a third defendant, Carl Tatman, who had been convicted of narcotic trafficking in Georgia.) Both defendants seek a reversal of their convictions. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

Pursuant to the State’s witnesses at trial, two agents of the Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG), Patty Cava-lenes and…