People v. Raya

Defendant Salvador Raya appeals to this court from a conviction of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver in violation of section 401 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 56½, par. 1401(a)(2)(A)). The circuit court of Rock Island County entered judgment following a jury trial. Defendant was sentenced to a seven-year term of imprisonment and fined $4,000.

The record indicates that on May 9, 1992, Detective Mark Hanna of the Moline police department obtained a search warrant to search the house of Mathias Pizano for narcotics. On…