People v. Galdine

Defendant, Nicholas Galdine, appeals his convictions of unlawful possession of cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, par. 1402) and possession with intent to deliver cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, par. 1401.2(2)). The sole issue on appeal is whether the denial of defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

Defendant was charged by indictment with unlawful delivery of cocaine (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 56½, par. 1401(a)(2)) in addition to the other two offenses. All three charges arose out of a raid on defendant’s office on March 4,…