People v. Valdez

Defendant, Gloria Valdez, was convicted of possession of controlled substance with intent to deliver based on the discovery of cocaine in a rest room of an airplane en route from Florida to Minnesota with a stopover in Illinois. The trial court imposed a 15-year prison term and a $50,000 fine.

On appeal defendant asserts that (1) the State failed to prove the crime beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the State of Illinois did not have jurisdiction to try her for the crime because it did not occur in Illinois (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 1 — 5); (3) the $50,000 fine imposed should be reduced…