People v. Stevens

The State appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of complaints against defendants Raymond Stevens and Gwendolyn Newbern charging possession of talwin, a controlled substance. Its principal argument is that the court’s decision in People v. Natoli (1979), 70 Ill. App. 3d 131, 387 N.E.2d 1096, was misconstrued by the trial court as requiring dismissal of the charges.

On April 18, 1979, defendants were arrested and charged by felony complaint with possession of more than 1000 grams of a substance containing talwin in violation of section 402 of the Controlled Substances Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat.…