People v. Mullins

Filed 10/6/10 NO. 4-10-0016 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Vermilion County RICKY A. MULLINS, ) No. 08CF638 Defendant-Appellee. ) ) Honorable ) Craig H. DeArmond, ) Judge Presiding. _________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court: In October 2008, the State charged defendant, Ricky A. Mullins, in case No. 08-CF-638 with possession of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/402(a)(2)(A) (West 2008)) and possession…