People v. Blan

Defendant, Anthony Blan, appeals from his conviction of possession of 30 to 500 grams of cannabis with intent to deliver (720 ILCS 550/5(d) (West 2002)). On appeal, he argues that the State failed to prove his intent to deliver beyond a reasonable doubt and that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser offense of possession (without intent to deliver). For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.

Detective Jason Bailey of the Rockford police department was the first witness for the…