People v. Ferro

Defendant, Nestor Ferro, was found guilty in a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County of one count of unlawful delivery of over 30 grams of a substance containing cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 56½, par. 1401(a)) and was sentenced to a 30-year term of imprisonment. On his direct appeal of that conviction to the appellate court in which the single issue of the trial court’s abuse of discretion in imposing a 30-year sentence was raised, this court affirmed the circuit court in People v. Ferro (1988), 168 Ill. App. 3d 1162, 539 N.E.2d 926 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule…