People v. Day

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CRAVEN

delivered the opinion of the court.

Following a bench trial defendant Earl Day was found guilty of the offense of unlawful possession of more than 30 but less than 500 grams of cannabis in violation of section 4(d) of the Cannabis Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56%, par. 704(d)). He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 1 nor more than 3 years.

The evidence established that on August 12, 1975, police officers stopped a car driven and owned by defendant containing six other passengers. According to the police, defendant and two others were…