People v. Nieves

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, Americo Nieves was convicted of the unlawful delivery of more than 15 grams of a substance containing heroin and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The appellate court held that the admission into evidence of tape-recorded phone conversations was error, due to the State’s failure to comply with section 108A — 7(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 38, par. 108A—7(b)). The court, therefore, reversed defendant’s conviction and remanded the cause for a new trial. (99 Ill. App. 3d 447.) We granted…