People v. Taylor

PRESIDING JUSTICE TULLY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Jerome Taylor was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. On appeal, defendant raises the following issues: (1) the statements of co-conspirators were improperly admitted into evidence, where the State failed to prove a prima facie case of a conspiracy; (2) the court improperly restricted argument that defendant was not the individual who delivered the cocaine; (3) defendant was unduly prejudiced by the inflammatory remarks of the prosecution during…