People v. Pintos

Defendant, Oscar Pintos, was convicted in the circuit court of Cook County of intent to deliver more than 30 grams of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 56½, par. 1401(a)(2)). Pintos’ conviction was affirmed by the appellate court. (172 Ill. App. 3d 1096.) We granted defendant’s petition for leave to appeal (107 Ill. 2d R. 315). Pintos’ sole argument on appeal is that the evidence in his case was insufficient to support his conviction.

These proceedings arose from a drug transaction which took place on October 13 and October 14, 1984. The State’s witnesses at trial consisted of…