People v. Lawson

On appeal to us, these three cases, People v. Lawson (1976), 38 Ill. App. 3d 239, People v. Dunn (1976), 38 Ill. App. 3d 251, and People v. McCaskill (1976), 37 Ill. App. 3d 1076, were consolidated. In each of the cases the State’s Attorney appealed from the judgments of the appellate court. The similar facts are that all the defendants were indicted November 6, 1974, by a Macon County grand jury for unlawful delivery and unlawful possession of a controlled substance under sections 401(b) and 402(b) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 561/2, pars. 1401(b),…