People v. Chism

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Du Page County, defendant, Desi Chism was convicted of unlawful delivery of more than 15 but less than 100 grams of a substance containing cocaine (720 ILCS 570/401(a)(2)(A) (West 1992)) and was sentenced to a term of six years’ imprisonment and fined $9,600. On appeal, defendant contends that his conviction must be reversed because the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was not entrapped.

The evidence adduced at trial was as follows. The State’s principal witness was Larry Wiess, a police officer with the Du Page County…