People v. Stokes

This appeal arises from defendant Travis Stokes’ conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and his resulting 10-year Class X sentence following a bench trial.

Briefly stated, the evidence at trial established that on November 7, 2006, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Officer Frank Sarabia was part of a narcotics surveillance team working in the area of 3600 West Grenshaw in Chicago. Sarabia received information about narcotics sales on that block 10 to 15 minutes prior to conducting the surveillance. He was one of the surveillance officers and saw defendant at…