People v. Fern

Defendant, Jay Fern, was indicted in the circuit court of McHenry County on two counts of unauthorized delivery of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 56½, pars. 1401(a)(2), (b)(2)). Defendant pleaded guilty to both counts, was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 10 and 25 years, and was fined a total of $75,000.

Defendant raises the following sentencing issues on appeal: whether the trial court erred in imposing sentence by failing to consider defendant’s rehabilitative potential and that the offense was induced by others; and whether, because the investigation…